Featured New A&M research ship to unlock Gulf secrets (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 7/8/2015) “The erosion-prone beaches in front of the Galveston seawall could be a little sandier thanks to the arrival of a new research vessel at Texas A&M University at Galveston. The R/V Trident that hove into the Texas A&M boat basin a week ago will allow…
Featured Growth poses new challenges to Jones State Forest (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 6/29/2015) “Jones State Forest was in the middle of nowhere when Texas created it eight decades ago – some 40 miles separated the piney woods and Houston. These days, the forest is an island of tall trees surrounded on all sides by apartment complexes, single-family houses…
Featured Supreme Court denies bid to reopen case of dead whooping cranes (David Sikes – Corpus Christi Caller Times, 6/22/2015) “The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it has denied a petition to reopen a case involving the deaths of 23 endangered whooping cranes, according to Houston environmental attorney Jim Blackburn, who filed the petition as lead counsel in a lawsuit…