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Managing Our Stormwater
Watershed Protection | Onsite Disposal Systems | Urban Development | Roads, Highways, & Bridges Protecting Water Quality on the Coast Coastal areas contain some...
Learn About Clean Coast Texas
LEARNING MODULES Clean Coast Texas developed a series of modules based on the Guidance for Sustainable Stormwater Drainage on the Texas Coast manual. These inte...
Clean Coast Texas Resources
A 3-part video series about water quality challenges and solutions in the rapidly growing Texas Coastal Zone. Coastal Our Texas Coast & Water Quality: The Situa...
About Clean Coast Texas
Our Mission Clean Coast Texas works to ensure vibrant and sustainable eco-tourism industries through planning, constructed improvements, environmental analysis,...
Oil Spill Toolkit
About the Oil Spill Toolkit The Texas General Land Office (GLO) Oil Spill Toolkit is an oil spill planning and response tool developed by the GLO in coordinatio...
Oil Spill Prevention and Response
Online Services PENALTY PAYMENT If you’ve been assessed an oil spill penalty, click below to make a payment. MAKE PAYMENT OIL SPILL TOOLKIT The Oil Spill Toolki...
Volunteer
Cleanups Join together with volunteers from across the Texas Coast to help keep our beaches clean. Don't miss your opportunity to give back to our environment a...
Adopt-A-Beach
Our program is designed to let individuals choose how they want to help. Volunteer, set up an event for your organization, or donate funds and get a license pla...
Protecting the Coast
Our Plan for a Thriving Coast The Texas coast is beautiful to behold. It’s also a big economic driver. We work hard to protect coastal habitats and communities....
GLO Coastal Grants Index
Coastal Projects
(Surfside Sand Source-#1150A) Corings of Possible Fluvial Channel for Sand Sources for Beach Nourishment County/Region: Brazoria Project Partner/Recipient: Braz...
Clean Coast Texas
OUR MISSION Clean Coast Texas works with communities to ensure vibrant and sustainable eco-tourism industries through planning, constructed improvements, enviro...
Coastal Planning
Image Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan The Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan is the GLO’s state iterative coastwide planning process to protect and promo...
Open Beaches
Image In Texas, public access to Gulf Coast beaches is not just the law, it is a constitutional right. Walking along the beach in Texas has been a privilege sin...
Coastal Erosion
Image The average erosion rate for the 367 miles of Texas coast is 4.1 feet per year. When the Texas Coast Erodes Property values decrease and homes and busines...
Coastal Management Program
Image CMP helps ensure the long-term environmental and economic health of the Texas coast. The Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP), funded by NOAA, focuses o...
Planning Studies
Planning Studies The Texas General Land Office (GLO) implements planning studies to help disaster-impacted communities build resiliency against future events. B...
Grant Implementation
Affordable Rental Programs The GLO's Affordable Rental Program provides for the rehabilitation, reconstruction and new construction of affordable multifamily ho...
Grant Administration
As dictated by each federal register, the GLO is required to publish a number of policies and reports online. The following sections are intended to satisfy tho...
2024 Disasters Programs for Homeowners
View the 2024 Disasters Outreach Events On July 9, 2025, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, announced applications for home rebuilding and repair reimburs...
Action Plans
The GLO is the responsible entity for developing the State Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program (CDBG-DR) Action Plan in accordance with...
Mitigation
Mitigation In 2018, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated more than $4.3 billion in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation funds...
Disaster Recovery
Active Grants The disasters below currently have grants available for recovery funds. 2024 Disasters The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issue...