Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Announces $66.4 Million In Newly Approved Regional Mitigation Program Projects
Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $66,402,284 in regional mitigation funds to improve, roads, water detention, drainage and sewer systems in the cities of Baytown, Brenham, Centerville, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Houston, Jasper, Plantersville, Seadrift, Waelder, as well as Fort Bend, Grimes and Matagorda counties. Read More
COMMISSIONER DAWN BUCKINGHAM ANNOUNCES $66.4 MILLION IN NEWLY APPROVED REGIONAL MITIGATION PROGRAM PROJECTS
Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $66,402,284 in regional mitigation funds to improve, roads, water detention, drainage and sewer systems in the cities of Baytown, Brenham, Centerville, Charlotte, Corpus Christi, Houston Read More
¡La Comisionada Dawn Buckingham Recluta al Equipo de Béisbol de las Misiones de San Antonio y una Lista de Abuelitas para Ayudar a los Tejanos a Estar Preparados!
Hoy la Comisionada Dawn Buckingham, M.D., anunció que la Texas General Land Office (GLO) lanzará una nueva campaña de divulgación pública con el tema del béisbol y mensajes de las grandes ligas para mantener seguros a los tejanos dentro y fuera del campo este verano. Read More
Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Recruits the San Antonio Missions Baseball Team and a Roster of Abuelitas to Help Texans Be Prepared!
Today Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office will be pitching a new baseball themed public outreach campaign with major league messages to keep Texans safe on and off the field this summer. Read More
Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Announces Texas GLO Begins Hurricane Beryl Coastal Damage Assessments
Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. announced that the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) and Oil Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) team is beginning to conduct damage assessments as Tropical Storm Beryl, which made landfall near Matagorda County as a Category 1 hurricane before weakening, passes north away from the Texas Coast."The Texas General Land Office’s Oil Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) team stands on call 24/7, to protect our coast and ensure oil stays out of Texas coastal waters," said Commissioner Buckingham. Read More
Texas GLO Warns Coastal and Inland Communities to Prepare, Beryl Currently a Tropical Storm with Potential to Become a Hurricane, Uncertain Path Continues to Nudge North and East
Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) continues to monitor the changing intensity and path of Beryl, which is currently a tropical storm but expected to intensify into a hurricane before making landfall along the Texas coast. Current predictions have the storm’s path following the coastline with the exact landfall uncertain at this time. Read More
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Announces Hurricane Beryl Readiness Procedures Activated, Preparing to Assist Coastal Communities
Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. announced that the Texas General Land Office is monitoring storm conditions and activated several storm readiness procedures in anticipation of Hurricane Beryl. Hurricane Beryl is currently projected to hit South Texas near the border with Mexico and then the storm's path is projected to travel northward. The National Hurricane Center anticipates issuing storm surge and hurricane watches later today for portions of northeast Mexico and lower-middle Texas. Heavy rain could cause flooding. Read More
Texas General Land Office Monitoring Multiple Storms Systems, Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Initiating Readiness for Potential Impacts
Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. announced that the Texas General Land Office is monitoring three active Atlantic systems with a possibility of impacting Texas."The Texas General Land Office stands ready to help Texans prepare for, and recover from, hurricanes and tropical storms," said Commissioner Buckingham. "The GLO is monitoring the current storm systems in the Atlantic and will increase readiness procedures as needed in accordance with emergency preparedness plans. Read More
GLO Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Tours Fort Bend Flood Mitigation Project Sites, Celebrates More Than $68 Million to Protect Region from Future Storms
Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., joined Fort Bend County Judge KP George, Sugar Land Mayor Joe Zimmerman and other local leaders for a briefing and tour of flood mitigation project sites. The Texas General Land Office (GLO) allocated $68,382,016 for three erosion repair projects in Fort Bend County and the city of Sugar Land. Read More
Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Announces Nearly $32 Million In Newly Approved Regional Mitigation Program Projects
Today Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $31,832,572 in regional mitigation funds to improve communications, streets, drainage and sewer systems in the cities of Hallettsville, Hearne, Madisonville, Conroe, and La Grange as well as Robertson, Colorado, Sabine and San Augustine counties. Read More