The Texas Gulf Coast is home to some of the nation’s most critical economic assets whose disruption would reverberate far beyond the Southern region. When hurricanes threaten these assets, they...
Jim Blackburn, one of Texas’ leading voices in environmental law and coastal protection, has been hired as a consultant to support the planning and design of the Galveston Bay Barrier...
As design work on two important features of the Coastal Texas Project moves forward, the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) is expanding its commitment to a core priority: meaningful community...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House and Senate both passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2026, securing $5 million in federal funding for the Coastal...
Texas’s Gulf Coast has endured some of the most destructive storms in U.S. history. We’ve seen what hurricanes can do, and the cost of inaction is far greater than the...
HOUSTON, TX — The Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) in partnership with the Texas General Land Office (GLO), is proud to announce the approval of two engineering design contracts that...
Charged with safeguarding approximately 5,220 square miles along the upper Texas coast, the Gulf Coast Protection District is part of the largest coastal protection project in U.S. history.
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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a historic Category 5 storm, packing 185-mph winds and leaving behind catastrophic damage. It was the strongest hurricane ever to strike the island,...
You might know us better as the “Ike Dike” project. Either way, last week’s mention of the Coastal Texas Project – the largest coastal protection project in U.S. history –...
