Environmental Headlines, March 12 – 24
- 12 March
- Hungry may find wild hogs on menu (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6308671.html - 13 March
- Spring Brings New Life, New Babies to Moody Gardens (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016133
- Help keep Katy beautiful, pick up trash (The Katy Sun)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/03/13/katy_sun/news/sws-_kt_trash_off.txt - Twelve prime places to see birds (Houston Chronicle) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/travel/texas/features/6307529.html
- Spring Brings New Life, New Babies to Moody Gardens (Guidry News)
- 15 March
- H-GAC announces winners of the Parks and Natural Areas Awards (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016153 - League City’s Countryside Park is now open to visitors (Guidry News)
http://guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016173 - 16 March
- Turning Over a New Leaf: Galveston’s Push to Rebuild, Recover, and … Replant! (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016194 - Park projects honored as models of natural environment preservation, use (River Oaks Examiner News)
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/03/17/river_oaks_examiner/news/ex_park_awards_st._catherines_ro.txt - 17 March
- $341.6Â million in Recovery Act funds through EPA available to Texas to provide clean and safe water (EPA news release)
http://www.epa.gov/region6/eparecovery/index.htm - The Invasion of the Rasberry Crazy Ant (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016226 - Brazoria County Water Protection Meetings (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016231 - Huntsville proceeds with recycling program (The Huntsville Item)
http://www.itemonline.com/local/local_story_077004416.html - Residents can dispose of waste at annual Trash Bash (The Huntsville Item)
http://www.itemonline.com/local/local_story_077004039.html - 18 March
- Spectacular Birds to See on National Wildlife Refuges (Guidry News)
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000016242 - 19 March
- Freedom Tree Park kick-off (Fort Bend Star)
http://www.fortbendstar.com/Archives/2009_1q/022509/o_Freedom%20Tree%20Park%20kick%20off.htm - Sugar Land hosts Environmental Week April 13-19 (Fort Bend Star)
http://www.fortbendstar.com/031809/h_Sugar%20Land%20hosts%20Environmental%20Week%20April%201319.htm - “S.O.S.”: timing trees and celebrating nature (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6322285.html - 22 March
- Stimulus Ideals Conflict on the Texas Prairie (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/23/us/23sprawl.html?hp - Despite storm damage, birds flock to High Island ‘oasis’ (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6332038.html - 23 March
- Baytown Nature Center Supporters seek donations (Baytown Sun)
http://baytownsun.com/story.lasso?ewcd=ee873b0b0572c612 - Move It: Metro won’t be using stimulus funds for rail (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6331388.html - No need to build Grand Parkway (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6334947.html - 24 March
- Earth Hour: the big turnoff (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6338271.html - Little houses and big ideas (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6338274.html - EPA: Despite emissions drop, Texas still a big polluter (Houston Chronicle)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6334669.html