Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces Completion of Indianola Harvey Repair Project in Calhoun County
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced today the completion of the Indianola Harvey Repair Project to address damage caused, in part, by Hurricane Harvey. Erosion, caused by both tropical storms and consistent wind-borne erosional regression over time, is a big crucial issue in this area. Hurricane Harvey was particularly destructive impactful and resulted in a net loss of 3,411 cubic yards of sand from the various beach cells of this multi-cell erosion response project originally constructed in 2003.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces GLO’s Old Queen Isabella Causeway Demolition and Artificial Reef Building Project at South Padre Island
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the commencement of the Old Queen Isabella Causeway Demolition and Artificial Reef Building Project at South Padre Island. This project will remove the old, dilapidated causeway bridge and use the material to create a new artificial reef site.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces TCOON Station Rebuilt Following Damage from Hurricane Harvey
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) Station #8774513, located in Copano Bay, Texas, was successfully rebuilt after being damaged during Hurricane Harvey. This rebuild enhances TCOON’s ability to deliver real-time coastal monitoring and is a major investment by the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in protecting and understanding our coastal environment.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces Results of 2025 Adopt-A-Beach Coastwide Fall Cleanup
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. announced the results of the 2025 Adopt-A-Beach Coastwide Fall Cleanup on Saturday, September 20, 2025. This year, 6,892 volunteers participated in the cleanup to help keep Texas beaches beautiful by removing 67,586 pounds of trash along 131.7 miles of Texas beaches.
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Save the Date: Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Attend Free Event Promoting Clean Coastal Waters
Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., encourages Texans to attend a free event promoting the importance of keeping coastal waters clean and oil free on Friday, September 19, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will also be information about storm and hurricane preparation.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Land Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Volunteers to Sign Up for the 2025 Adopt-A-Beach Fall Coastwide Cleanup
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., encourages Texans to sign up to participate in the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) 2025 Adopt-A-Beach Fall Coastwide Cleanup on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 24 locations on beautiful Texas beaches from Sea Rim State Park to Boca Chica.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham, Oil Spill Program Continue Vessel Removal in Texas Waters
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is pleased to announce that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) Oil Spill division, in collaboration with the GLO Coastal Resources division, closed out a project to remove another five derelict vessels from Texas coastal waters. The funding for the project came from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cycle 28 Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP). CMP awards approximately $2.2 million annually in grants to support natural habitat and wildlife protection efforts.
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Save the Date: Sign Up for the 2025 Adopt-A-Beach Coastwide Fall Cleanup
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., encourages Texans to sign up to participate in the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) 2025 Adopt-A-Beach Fall Coastwide Cleanup on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 21 locations on beautiful Texas beaches from Sea Rim State Park to Boca Chica.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces Completion of Accessibility Improvements to Neptune Circle, Beach Access #16 on South Padre Island
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the City of South Padre completed construction, funded in part by the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) Coastal Management Program (CMP), to improve accessibility at Neptune Circle, Beach Access #16 located on Gulf Boulevard between East Saturn Lane and East Venus Lane. The improved beach access point is once again open to the public.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces Completion of the Restoring Colonial Waterbird Populations Project
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) Coastal Management Program (CMP), in partnership with the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP), completed the Restoring Colonial Waterbird Populations project to enhance 180+ rookery islands across eight bay systems ranging from the mid to lower Texas coast.
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