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Houston Environmental News Update June 15, 2016

Happy Sea Turtle Week! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Program protects and conserves six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters, ranging from the smallest (Kemp’s ridley) to the largest (leatherback). This photo above is of a loggerhead turtle that was visiting Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, which is a coral reef system off the Texas Coast.

Environmental Headlines for the Houston Region: June 12, 2015

Featured Delayed by Massive Rainfall, $72 Million Addicks & Barker Dam Rehabilitation Remains USACE Priority (Energy Corridor, 6/2016) “Delayed by repeated deluges of rain, two dams that for seven decades have prevented $10 billion in property damages – according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – are being rehabilitated in a $72 million effort to reduce downstream flooding…