Houston Environmental News Update March 5, 2013 CEC NOTES Visions for a Greener Houston: Online Registration Now Available COALITION NOTES Global Warming – An Update with Tim Mock CWI: Asset Management for Sanitary Sewer Systems Unplugged Adventure: Rise of the Serpents Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition Clean-up & Tree Planting Buffalo Bayou Partnership at the OKRA Charity Saloon Birdathon Brouhaha: Celebrate…
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 March 4, 2013, 1451 bills have been filed by the Senate and 3159 bills have been filed by the House. The last day to file bills is March 8, 2013. Learn more at http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Reports/General.aspx. Other…
Featured Group effort helps native habitat at Terry Hershey Park (Flori Meeks – Houston Chronicle, 2/26/2013) The Bayou Preservation Association has been working hard to remove invasive species at Terry Hershey Park. Common invasive species at Terry Hershey Park include Chinese tallow, Chinaberry, Chinese privet, tree and wax-leaf ligustrum, nandina, elephant ears and Japanese honeysuckle. Removing the invasive species only…