Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: April 1, 2014

Featured Oil spill puts wildlife in harm’s way (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 3/24/2014) The heavy oil spilled into Galveston Bay showed signs Monday of harming one of the nation’s great natural nurseries, with biologists finding dozens of oiled birds on just one part of the Bolivar Peninsula. Scientists found the birds on a wildlife refuge just two miles from…