83rd Texas Legislature Regular Session, March 5, 2013

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…

ECONOTES 2013-03-04: Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region

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…