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Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Identifies Nine State-Owned Islands Along Texas-Mexico Border
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has identified nine islands along the Texas-Mexico border, totaling roughly 66 acres, as property belonging to the State of Texas.
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Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Breaks Ground on Major Manufacturing Development, Putting Texas State Lands to Work
Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., joined Hillwood and local leaders to break ground on Ranger 35, a major industrial development in Waxahachie that will put Texas land to work by creating jobs, attracting investment opportunities, and expanding the state’s manufacturing capacity.
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Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Announces Partnership with Texas A&M and Texas Farm Bureau to Empower Future Texas Farmers
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is excited to announce that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) is partnering with Texas A&M University and the Texas Farm Bureau to develop opportunities for the next generation of Texas farmers and ranchers.
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Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Advances Texas's First Rare Earth Mining District After Announcing New Mineral Lease
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has entered into two new hard mineral leases for rare earth minerals with El Paso Minerals Corp. (EPM) covering more than 1,000 acres in Hudspeth County.
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Commissioner Buckingham Seeks Industry Partners to Unlock Texas’ Next Energy Frontier on Texas State Land
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) is launching a new effort to explore the development of geothermal energy, small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), and natural gas plants on state lands.
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Land Commissioner Buckingham Releases Video Statement Remembering and Honoring the Lives Lost on September 11, 2001
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., released the following video statement remembering and honoring the nearly 3,000 Americans lives that were lost 25 years ago today.
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Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Unveils “The Texas Engine” to Power America’s Future
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is announcing a new Texas General Land Office (GLO) initiative: The Texas Engine: Fueled, Fed, and Fortified – a vision for putting Texas’s land and natural resources to work to strengthen our state today and to secure America’s future.
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Commissioner Buckingham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sign Construction Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Coastal Texas Project Efforts
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced today that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have signed a Construction Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate activities that support early implementation of the Coastal Texas Project (CTX).
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Don't Tread on Texas: Commissioner Buckingham Orders Federal Contractors to Cease Unauthorized Activity on State Land
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., upon finding a federal contractor illegally cleared over a mile of state land, sent a cease and desist letter to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and contractor Barnard Construction.
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Texas Land Commissioner Buckingham Offers USDA Access to GLO State Lands to Combat New World Screwworm
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., sent a letter to United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Texas Governor Greg Abbott offering access to appropriate General Land Office (GLO) managed lands to support the State and United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) response to the active, escalating threat of the New World Screwworm.
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