ECONOTES 2012-10-22: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

Featured

1. The Efforts Of Beautifying Woodland Park And Bayou (Rod Rice – KUHF News, 10/22/2012)
   A large section of Houston’s second oldest park had been forgotten and lost for decades. Many people didn’t even know it existed. But that’s all changed when five undaunted neighbors became the “Friends of Woodland Park.”
   http://app1.kuhf.org/
   
2. Drought Leads To Change In Tree Canopies (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News, 10/17/2012)
   There is a bumper crop of nuts falling from trees here in the Houston area this fall. Experts say it’s a combination of the trees’ natural cycle and to stress from the drought. They also say while trees learn to adapt, the canopy’s composition will change.
   http://app1.kuhf.org/
3. Putting a price tag on where endangered species live (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 10/20/2012)
   A proposed policy shift regarding the protection of threatened or endangered species calls for an economic analysis to be done at the same time the government designates a territory as essential for the recovery of a plant or animal on the brink of extinction. This change is meant to give the public a better understanding of the potential economic impacts upfront and may produce more exclusions of private and state land from such a designation.
   http://www.chron.com/

EcoNotes

• 22 October
  • The Efforts Of Beautifying Woodland Park And Bayou (Rod Rice – KUHF News)
    http://app1.kuhf.org/
  • New hiking trail links wildlife refuge, Liberty park (Your Cleveland News)
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/
  • Will Texas Taxes Pay for Damaged Counties in Eagle Ford? (Dave Fehling – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
• 21 October
  • Texas landfills and dairy farms: A tale of two potential energy sources (David Barer – Texas Climate News)
    http://texasclimatenews.org/
• 20 October
  • Putting a price tag on where endangered species live (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/
  • Celebrate Halloween & Make it Green! (Earth Share)
    http://www.earthshare.org/
• 19 October
  • The Keystone Shutdown: Talking Tar Sands Pipelines With Lara Skinner (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
• 18 October
  • Happy 40th Birthday, Clean Water Act (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  • Why Dumping 100 Tons of Iron Dust In the Ocean To Save the Planet May Not Be Such a Good Idea (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  • Ten Ways to Save Money, Energy and Protect Your Health This Winter (EPA News)
    http://yosemite.epa.gov/
  • New App Lets Users Check Health of Waterways Anywhere in the U.S. (EPA News)
    http://yosemite.epa.gov/
• 17 October
  • Drought Leads To Change In Tree Canopies (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News)
    http://app1.kuhf.org/
  • Another Earthquake Strikes Near Dallas-Fort Worth (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  • After Drought, Some Texas Ranchers Wary of Rebuilding (Elizabeth Trovall – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  • Fact-Checking Obama and Romney on Energy and the Environment (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
• 16 October
  • Whooping Crane Migration Watch Gets Under Way (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
    http://tpwd.state.tx.us/
  • Bus service in Pasadena to stop Oct. 31 (Your Pasadena News)
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/
  • Shenandoah now moving forward with traffic study (Catherine Dominguez – Your Conroe News)
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/
  • New Poll Shows More Support for Obama’s Energy Policies, Natural Gas and Renewables (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
• 15 October
  • State asks judge to reopen whooping crane case (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/
  • State of the Climate: Warmest Period on Record for the U.S. (Terrence Henry – StateImpact)
    http://stateimpact.npr.org/
  • Water moves to Capitol front-burner (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/
• 12 October
  • Multi-State Group Reports Range-Wide Population Estimate For Lesser Prairie Chicken (Texas Parks & Wildlife)
    http://tpwd.state.tx.us/
• 11 October
  • LC’s new wastewater facility is almost ready (Christopher Smith Gonzalez – The Daily News)
    http://galvestondailynews.com/
• 6 October
  • Growth transforms rural areas north of Houston to urban centers (Renée C. Lee – Houston Chronicle)
    http://www.chron.com/