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September 12, 2013

ECONOTES 2013-09-17: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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  1. HCFCD restoring 95 acres of Katy prairie to its natural state (Zach Haverkamp – The Rancher, 9/10/2013)
    The Harris County Flood Control District embarked late last month on the “Cypress Creek Site Improvements and Wetlands Construction Project,” a 95-acre prairie creation and restoration effort on a divide between the Cypress Creek and Addicks Reservoir watershed, near the intersection of House Hahl and Katy-Hockley roads. In order to recapture the land’s natural contours, the project’s landscape design is based upon aerial photos of the region from the 1930s. The technique has recently come into use by the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife, which has been working in conjunction with the HCFCD.
    http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/
  2. Kingwood residents might be stuck with wild hogs eating everything (Carol Christian – Houston Chronicle, 9/12/2013)
    Kingwood communities that are battling feral hogs could be in it for the long haul, experts say. The huge, fearless cousins of domestic pigs have been roaming through the affluent northern suburb for at least a month, said Keith Crenshaw, urban biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Texas has the highest concentration of wild feral hogs in the United States, and in Kingwood, the community with the worst problem is Royal Shores, the area closest to Lake Houston, Crenshaw said.
    http://www.chron.com/
  3. Threatened Species a Focus for Energy Industry (Neena Satija – The Texas Tribune, 9/11/2013)
    More than 100 species in Texas could be classified as endangered by the federal government in the coming years, potentially choking development for oil and gas companies in the state. And so some of the biggest players in the energy industry —including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Chesapeake Energy, BP and Sandridge Energy — are looking to take a major role in protecting such animals, whether or not they are listed as endangered. Plans are loosely based on the concept of a “wildlife habitat exchange,” in which oil and gas companies that disturb habitat would pay landowners to set aside a certain amount of their own acreage for habitat conservation.
    https://www.texastribune.org/

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