Featured EPA Ponders Future Of San Jacinto Waste Pits Superfund Site (Laurie Johnson – KUHF News, 1/16/2014) The San Jacinto Waste Pits were a dumping site in the 1960s for toxic sludge from a nearby paper mill. The Superfund site has partially subsided into the San Jacinto River, and leaking chemicals have spread to the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston…
Featured Rollover Pass closure report criticized (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 1/9/2014) An omission in a computer model led to faulty conclusions about the need to close Rollover Pass, a trench dug to bisect the Bolivar Peninsula more than 50 years ago that has become a fishing mecca, according to an attorney fighting the closure.”This isn’t something that happens by…
Featured Katy Prairie Conservancy saves a spot in the sprawl for feathered friends (Molly Glentzer – Houston Chronicle, 12/29/2013) Katy Prairie Conservancy supports about 300 species of birds; 110 species of reptiles, mammals and amphibians; and at least 400 species of grasses and wildflowers. The conservancy was designated a Global Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society last month…