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GLO announces HUD rules for administration of $177 million for Texas communities recovering from historic 2016 flooding

AUSTIN - Today Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued its guidance for the administration of the additional $177 million awarded last month to the state of Texas to assist in long-term recovery efforts following severe flooding events that occurred in 2016. Read More

Five-day Vessel Turn-In Program to make waves in Corpus Christi

AUSTIN - The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is partnering with the City of Corpus Christi and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) to offer local coastal Texans the opportunity to remove inoperable and derelict vessels through the Vessel Turn-In Program (VTIP) free of charge. Designed to provide owners with a voluntary method of disposal, interested boat owners are encouraged to participate if the vessel is less than 26 feet long, with longer boats being accepted on a case by case basis. Read More

Bush: GLO Online Winter Lease Sale shows continued strong returns for PSF

(Updated 1/24/2017)AUSTIN - Commissioner George P. Bush today announced that the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) fourth online sale of oil and gas leases earned public education more than $81.8* million this morning. As part of Commissioner Bush's initiative to use new innovations in technology to improve efficiency and productivity, the GLO partnered with EnergyNet, an industry leader for easy-to-use oil and gas auction and sealed bid transaction services, to conduct lease sales online. The January 2017 auction featured 13,716 acres averaging $5,968.76 per acre. Read More

Mapping Texas: From Frontier to the Lone Star State Opening Jan. 27th at Houston Museum of Natural Science

AUSTIN - Today Commissioner George P. Bush announced the Texas General Land Office will lend 50 maps of Texas, representing more than 400 years of its history, to the Houston Museum of Natural Science for a nine-month exhibition opening January 27, 2017. Mapping Texas: From Frontier to the Lone Star State opens just in time to welcome visitors to Houston for Super Bowl LI. "People from all over the world will be converging on Houston for Super Bowl LI on February 5," said Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush. Read More

Commissioner George P. Bush: Online Winter Oil & Gas Lease Sale ends Jan. 17th!

AUSTIN - Commissioner George P. Bush is reminding interested bidders that the next Texas General Land Office (GLO) Winter Oil & Gas Lease Sale is January 17, 2017. During the lease sale participants bid for the right to explore for oil and gas on Permanent School Fund property owned by the state. The company offering the highest up-front payment (commonly called a bonus) is awarded the lease. Tract information is now available on the EnergyNet website and bids are being accepted until 10:00 a.m. Read More

Vessel Turn-In Program to make waves in Brazoria County

AUSTIN - The Texas General Land Office (GLO) are partnering with Brazoria County officials, the Brazoria County Fire Fighters Association (BCFFA) and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) to offer local coastal Texans the opportunity to remove inoperable and derelict vessels through the Vessel Turn-In Program (VTIP) free of charge. Designed to provide owners with a voluntary method of disposal, interested boat owners are encouraged to participate if the vessel is less than 26 feet long, with longer boats being accepted on a case by case basis. Read More

Commissioner George P. Bush statement on approval of "Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation," or WIIN, Act

AUSTIN - Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush issued the following statement in response to the President signing the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, which contains a provision authored by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn requiring the U.S. Read More

2017 Adopt-A-Beach Children's Art Contest Opens

AUSTIN - Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is calling for entries in the 21stannual Adopt-A-Beach "Treasures of the Texas Coast" Children's Art Contest. The deadline to submit artwork is Wednesday, March 1, 2017."Our vast coastline is truly a Texas treasure, yet many students across the state have not yet had the opportunity to see it up close," said Commissioner Bush. Read More

GLO Completes Berm Restoration at McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson County

AUSTIN - Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) completed a dune structure along the shoreline of the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Jefferson County. The successful project was a collaboration between Jefferson County, the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, the Texas General Land Office, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Read More