Please plan to join us in a participative, collaborative process, through a series of working sessions, in a group effort to envision the year ahead. Purpose: To picture where our environmental community hopes to see itself by the end of 2012 To identify attainable goals for several environmental areas To produce a visionary document that summarizes these group…
Featured Forest Service sales try to salvage drought-stricken timber (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 02/03/2012) Thousands of acres of the Sam Houston National Forest’s pine trees are dead or dying because of the drought. Forest officials have decided to cut some of the trees and harvest the wood before it rots, which is called salvage logging. Salvage logging is a…
Sustainable Communities Regional Plan Community Meetings. Around 4 million additional residents are expected to move to the Houston Galveston region in the next 30 years. Therefore, the Houston Galveston Regional Plan is important for ensuring sustainability. The 13- county plan explores opportunities to improve the region’s most important resources, including clean air and water, good jobs, safe and attractive neighborhoods, affordable…