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H.R. 9325, the Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area Act, has been introduced in Congress. Learn more about this historic milestone and what it means for the Upper Texas Coast.
H.R. 9325 Introduced in Congress
Congressman Randy Weber has introduced H.R. 9325, the Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area Act, joined by original co-sponsors Representatives Wesley Hunt, Brian Babin, and Troy Nehls. The legislation would establish a Texas-led, partnership-based framework across portions of Jefferson, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, and Matagorda Counties to enhance recreation, support stewardship of nationally significant resources, strengthen local economies, and encourage regional collaboration while maintaining local leadership and voluntary participation.
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The Lone Star Coastal Alliance is a grassroots coalition of local governments, businesses, community organizations, conservation groups, and civic leaders working across five Upper Texas Gulf Coast counties, Jefferson, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, and Matagorda, to advance the proposed Lone Star Coastal National Recreation Area (LSCNRA).
The proposed LSCNRA is a Texas-led, partnership-based effort designed to elevate the national significance of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast while expanding recreation and public access, strengthening coastal conservation and resilience, supporting working lands and heritage, and enhancing long-term economic vitality across the region.
By connecting the region’s extraordinary environmental, cultural, recreational, and historical assets, the initiative aims to attract outdoor recreation enthusiasts and heritage travelers, strengthen tourism economies, support rural and coastal communities, and help position the Upper Texas Coast as one of the nation’s great coastal destinations.
Roseate Spoonbill at Lafitte’s Cove Nature Preserve
Photo taken by Bob Howen
