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Save the date—the Deepwater Horizon Trustee Council will hold our eighth annual public meeting at noon Central Time on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 via webinar. More information about how to register will be posted and sent to email subscribers in the near future.    

During this meeting, we’ll share recent photos, videos, and updates on the progress made by the Trustee Council and in each of the seven Restoration Areas.  This meeting will also serve as the annual public meeting for the Regionwide Trustee Implementation Group

The Texas Trustee Implementation Group is pleased to announce completion of the Galveston Island State Park Redevelopment Project. The Park held a celebratory ribbon cutting on March 31, 2023.   

The Trustees contributed $10.6 million to the $24 million budget for the project, the remainder of which came from Texas Sporting Goods Sales Tax dollars. The Trustees’ contributions funded amenities including campsites, dune access boardwalks, equestrian facilities, and restroom and shower facilities on the beach side of the park. 

The Park, which first opened in 1957, encompasses 2,000 acres of

A new video from the Oceanic Fish Restoration Project (OFRP) highlights the voices of fishermen from around the Gulf of Mexico, as the six-year project enters its final stage this year. 

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group held an interactive webinar on April 11, 2023 to share information about four projects working to restore Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There were more than 160 people in attendance.

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group released the Draft Restoration Plan 3 and associated materials, including several factsheets, on March 14, 2023.  

We recently held two public webinars on March 28 and April 4, 2023, to present the draft plan, answer questions, and receive public comments. We answered a few questions during the webinars, which are summarized along with the webinar script in a Webinar Script and Q&A Summary. We also received a few public comments during the webinars. These comments will be available in the Administrative Record following the release of the final plan

Through the cooperation and coordination of five states, four federal agencies, numerous partners, and thousands of deeply committed individuals, strong restoration progress continues in the Gulf of Mexico 13 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred on April 20, 2010. 

One of Louisiana’s largest wetland restoration projects to date is ahead of schedule, and is on track to be completed months earlier than anticipated. 

The Open Ocean Trustees invite you to learn more about restoration underway for the Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities projects during a public webinar on April 11. 

The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group has released its Draft Restoration Plan 3 and Environmental Assessment: Birds (PDF, 304 pages) for public comment through April 28, 2023. The draft plan is available for review and in libraries and other repositories. A list of repositories is provided at the link below.  

 

Draft Restoration Plan 3 and Environmental Assessment 





Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Trustee Council created the Gulf Spill Restoration project portal to accept restoration project ideas from the public. In March 2021, the Open Ocean Trustees invited

The Florida Trustees have increased the budget for a bird habitat project at Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, near Tampa. The project will restore, protect, and enhance coastal wading bird, seabird, and shorebird nesting and foraging habitat, as well as include vegetation management and dune stabilization.  

With the addition of approximately $566,000, the new budget for the project totals $1.03 million.  

Project activities include removing invasive plant species and planting native vegetation. Once established, the vegetation will reduce shoreline erosion, as well as restore, protect