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…
Oil spill in Galveston Bay, saving Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles, and One Bin for All makes the New York Times… and a whole lot more.
Featured River waste (Houston Chronicle, 3/6/2014) Both forks of the San Jacinto River and the northern sliver of Lake Houston exceed the state standard for bacteria contaminants – namely, human and animal feces. Any time you increase population, you get more waste loads, notes Todd Running, water resource manager for the Houston-Galveston Area Council. A new report forecasts that the…