Public beach access protected.
In Galveston, Texas - "Galveston" redirects here. For the town in the U.S. state of Indiana, see Galveston, Indiana.
Galveston is a city and the seat of Galveston County located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. , more than 230 acres of coastal wetland/beach dune dune, mound or ridge of wind-blown sand formed in arid regions and along coasts. Dunes are common in most of the great deserts of the world. Often a dune begins to form because material is deposited by the wind as it encounters a bush, a rock, or other obstacle to habitat is protected thanks to help from the National Park Service's Federal Lands to Parks (FLP FLP Family Limited Partnership
FLP Follow Up
FLP Fiji Labor Party
FLP Flashpoint
FLP Fast Link Pulse
FLP Flameproof
FLP Flippase (genetics)
FLP Front de Libération de la Palestine
FLP Fasting Lipid Profile ) program. The area had recently been used by the Coast Guard. Now it will be protected for park and recreation use for the neighboring community. Valued at more than $4.5 million, the transfer was free under the FLP program.
For more information, please contact Bill Huie at bill_huie@nps.gov or (404) 562-3175.
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