What's New:
Public Comment Period for Bucket 2 – 2026 Funding Priorities List is Now Open
The RESTORE Council has posted the Draft 2026 Funding Priorities List (FPL) for review and public comment on their website at www.RestoreTheGulf.gov.
12/04/2025
ANNOUNCEMENT: REGISTRATION PUBLIC MEETINGS BKT 2/FUNDED PRIORITIES LIST (FPL) 4 PROGRAMS
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) is holding two public meetings in Texas to receive comments on the 2026 FPL 4.
11/21/2025
ANNOUNCEMENT: RESCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETING BKT 2/FUNDED PRIORITIES LIST (FPL) 4 PROGRAMS
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) is holding two public meetings in Texas to receive comments on the 2026 FPL 4.
11/05/2025
ANNOUNCEMENT: POSTPONED PUBLIC MEETINGS BKT 2/FUNDED PRIORITIES LIST (FPL) 4 PROGRAMS
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) is postponing the two public meetings in Texas on Wednesday, October 29th and Thursday, October 30th. New dates will be provided shortly for the upcoming public meetings to receive comments on the 2026 FPL 4 and Texas FPL4 Programs.
10/27/2025
MIP Amendment –01: 45-day Public Notice
Notice of Public Input Period on the Draft of Texas’ Multiyear Implementation Plan Amendment
10/07/2025
ANNOUNCEMENT: PUBLIC MEETING BKT 2/FUNDED PRIORITIES LIST (FPL) 4 PROGRAMS
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) is holding two public meetings in Texas to receive comments on the 2026 FPL 4.
08/21/2025
ANNOUNCEMENT: BKT 2/FUNDED PRIORITIES LIST (FPL) 3B PROJECTS
TCEQ RESTORE staff are preparing federal applications for submission to the RESTORE Council to receive grant awards for Bucket 2 funds.
08/05/2025
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Releases Third Final Restoration Plan
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TX TIG) has released the final version of its third restoration plan to compensate for injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
07/30/2025
RESTORE Council 2025 Status Report | Reflections on Restorations and Partnerships
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) is commemorating 15-years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. To date, the RESTORE Council has invested over $1.1 billion in Gulf Coast restoration.
04/10/2025
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Releases Third Draft Restoration Plan
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TX TIG) is seeking public comment on the draft version of its third restoration plan, which proposes seven preferred projects to compensate for injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
01/15/2025
Applications Closed
From October 1, 2020, through December 10, 2020, the Texas Trustee agencies (GLO, TPWD, and TCEQ) accepted restoration project ideas that will address injuries caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to consider in their next restoration plan. Submissions are no longer being accepted.
Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (NFWF)
Learn about restoration funded by the criminal case settlements from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Where the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is working with state and federal agencies to administer spill restoration.
Government Trustees Restoring the Gulf (NRDA)
Learn about the state and federal Natural Resource Trustees and the efforts underway to restore the resources harmed by the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill through the Oil Pollution Act's natural resource damage process.
Civil Penalties Funding Gulf Restoration (RESTORE Act)
Learn about the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, set up when Congress passed the federal RESTORE Act in 2012, to administer civil penalty funding for spill restoration and economic recovery and the Texas RESTORE Advisory Board (TxRAB).