RESTORE Funding for Texas Water Quality and Chenier Plains Restoration Programs and Projects Approved
December 22, 2025On December 17, 2025, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) voted to approve a total of $2,713,201.17 in funding for multiple ecosystem restoration activities in Texas. Specifically, the Council voted to amend its 2021 Funded Priorities List 3b (FPL 3b) to approve the following:
Texas Coastal Water Quality Program
$266,931 in planning funds to complete necessary water quality planning components (originally budgeted for water quality program implementation)
$1,000,000 in implementation funding for the Improving Baffin Bay Water Quality project (originally budgeted for water quality program implementation).
Texas Chenier Plain Ecosystem Restoration Program
Reallocation of $1,000,000 in previously-approved Initial FPL funding to the previously-approved FPL 3b McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge Shoreline Breakwater project for implementation.
Reallocation of $446,270.17 in previously-approved Initial FPL funding to the previously-approved FPL 3b J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area Levee project for implementation.
Background on these funding approvals is provided below. Before voting on whether to approve funding, the Council requested stakeholder input during a 30-day public comment period which began on September 25, 2025 and concluded on October 27, 2025. The Council received multiple public comments on these proposed funding approvals. Comments received and the Council’s response to public comments are provided below.
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- Response to Public Comments
- Improving Baffin Bay Water Quality Project environmental compliance documentation
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge Shoreline Breakwater Project environmental compliance documentation
- J.D. Murphree WMA Levee Project environmental compliance documentation
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