TIG releases Gulf Coast restoration plan

​​​​​​AUSTIN – The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TIG) has released a Gulf Coast restoration plan.  

The Texas Trustee Implementation Group Final 2017 Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment: Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats; and Oysters will cost over $45.7 million. It aims to compensate for natural resource damage caused ​by the Deepwater Horizon spill. The 13 selected projects include:

• Bird Island Cove Habitat Restoration Engineering, Galveston Bay System;
• Essex Bayou Habitat Restoration Engineering, Galveston Bay System;
• Dredged Material Planning for Wetland Restoration, Texas Coast;
• McFaddin Beach and Dune Restoration, Sabine Lake Area;
• Bessie Heights Wetland Restoration, Sabine Lake Area;
• Pierce Marsh Wetland Restoration, Galveston Bay System;
• Indian Point Shoreline Erosion Protection, Corpus Christi Bay System;
• Bahia Grande Hydrologic Restoration, Lower Laguna Madre;
• Follets Island Habitat Acquisition, Galveston Bay System;
• Mid-Coast Habitat Acquisition, Matagorda County;
• Bahia Grande Coastal Corridor Habitat Acquisition, Lower Laguna Madre;
• Laguna Atascosa Habitat Acquisition, Lower Laguna Madre; and
• Oyster Restoration Engineering, Galveston Bay System.

The Texas TIG began planning the project in June 2016. They have considered over 800 projects​.​​