At the request of Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD), the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT) at Texas A&M University established the Coastal Texas Research Council to serve as...
The Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) Board of Directors has approved a new resolution reaffirming the District’s commitment to navigation safety, industry coordination, and broad stakeholder engagement in the design...
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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