Featured In the garden with Urban Harvest: Stormwater management takes many forms in urban landscape (Chris LaChance – Houston Chronicle, 3/27/2015) “Detention ponds are required by developers when natural systems such as native prairies, wetlands, and woodlands are paved over to build roads, homes, parking lots and malls. They were designed as an attempt to make up for the natural…
Featured Rising acidity of Texas bays concerns scientists (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 3/17/2015) “Many Texas bays are souring as fresh water grows scarcer because of drought and increasing urban demands, a change that could harm oysters and other shellfish and in time reverberate through the food chain, scientists reported Tuesday. Researchers from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi found a steady…
Featured Not Everyone Is Thrilled With Memorial Park’s Master Plan (Dianna Wray – Houston Press Blogs, 3/9/2015) “The Memorial Park Conservancy is finishing up gathering public input on the new master plan that will govern how the park evolves over the next 20 years, but not everyone is thrilled with the changes the conservancy is pitching. While the officials with…