ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, MARCH 9 – 12
- 9 March
- Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Council votes to continue Texas Shrimp closure
http://www.gulfcouncil.org/Beta/GMFMCWeb/newslet/NEWSLTR01-2009.pdf - 10 March
- City hopes more will recycle with streamlined plan (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6304105.html - Free Shred Day to safely recycle personal documents (Woodlands Villager)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/03/09/woodlands_villager/lifestyles/wv-n_earth_shred_day_pr.txt - Missouri City to host “Spring Clean and Green†event (Fort Bend Sun)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/03/09/fort_bend_sun/news/sws_-_mc_spring_clean_39.txt - 11 March
- Court order threatens Galveston development
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6306399.html - Galveston Island State Park reopening Bay side March 21 (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090311a&nrtype=park&nrspan=2009&nrsearch= - Half Price Books turns new green page (Houston Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/03/09/daily22.html - League City votes to hire arborist (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016063 - City hopes more will recycle with streamlined plan (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6304105.html - Clean air campaign leading to ‘Fresh Air Friday’ March 27 (West University Examiner)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/03/11/west_university_examiner/lifestyles/ex_clean_air_wu.txt - Meyerland helping launch expanded recycling (Bellaire Examiner News)
http://www.publicworks.houstontx.gov/utilities/conservation/index.htm - TCEQ’s Take Care of Texas News You Can Use now available
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/comm_exec/forms_pubs/pubs/pd/pd-025.html - 12 March
- Sierra Club files lawsuit against FHA regarding Grand Parkway (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016092 - Texas Master Naturalist Program Hits 1 Million Service Hours (TPWD)
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090312a&nrtype=water&nrspan=&nrsearch=