CEC NOTES Save the Date: Visions for a Greener Houston, March 12, 2013, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. COALITION NOTES Houston Audubon Class: Wintering Waterfowl Whole Foods Katy and Katy Prairie KPC Unplugged Adventure: Duck, Duck, Goose 2013 State of the Air Luncheon Texas Climate Issues Healthy Communities Indicators Symposium 2013 Guided Trail Hike at Armand Bayou Local Outdoor Grants…
CEC is sharing information during the session about what bills our member groups and readers are tracking. More information is available at cechouston.org/category/texas-legislature/. As of January 28, 2013, 286 bills have been filed by the Senate (up from 201) and 748 bills have been filed by the House (up from 626). Learn more at http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Reports/General.aspx. The following are bills (SB=Senate…
Houston Audubon Class: Wintering Waterfowl. The Upper Texas Coast is an amazing area for wintering waterfowl. Each year there are thousands of ducks (24 species possible) and thousands of geese (5 species possible) and mergansers (2 species) in the area. While the identification of male ducks is often straightforward, the same cannot be said of the more cryptically colored females….