Featured EPA Regional Haze Hearing: Thank You! (Adrian Shelley – Air Alliance Houston, 1/20/2015) “Last week, Air Air Alliance Houston and the Sierra Club joined forces in Austin to attend a public hearing on the EPA’s proposed Regional Haze Rule. Haze is air pollution that affects scenic views in our national parks and wilderness areas. It is caused by air…
Featured Newly Acquired Conservation Easement Protects 1,100 Acres in Brazoria County (Trey Bartsch – Galveston Bay Foundation News, 1/13/2015) “The Galveston Bay Foundation partnered with a private landowner in Brazoria County to permanently protect a 1,100 acre working farm by purchasing a conservation easement. This easement allows the landowner to continue ongoing farming and ranching operations while restricting future subdivision,…
Featured Terry Hershey’s environmental activism changed Houston and sparked conservation in Texas. (Lydia Saldaña – Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine, 1/6/2015) “One cause. One woman. Indomitable energy. It was enough to jump-start the Houston environmental movement in the mid-’60s and lay the groundwork for a generation of activists. Terese “Terry†Tarlton Hershey first got involved in what would become her…