Featured Study: ‘Prairie potholes’ fill need (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 03/06/2011) A study shows that at least 17% of the water in the inland ponds known as “prairie potholes” in wetlands reach a navigable waterway within four years. Over the last decade, Texas, and Harris County in particular, has lost thousands of acres of wetlands. These wetlands help filter…
Featured TPC delays vote on bike/ped funding cuts (Vilas Bhuchar – Houston Tomorrow, 03/01/2011) The Houston – Galveston Area Council’s Transportation Policy Council voted on Friday morning to delay by 30 days its vote on a $12.8 million cut in funding toward bike and pedestrian projects already in the 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), to allow time to gather further…
Featured Beautifying Buffalo Bayou (Mike Morris – Houston Chronicle, 02/14/2011) The Buffalo Bayou Partnership has a plan to upgrade Buffalo Bayou between Shepherd and Sabine to reduce the risk of flooding and to attract more visitors. The project is privately funded and will transform the area. Construction is expected to start in mid-2012 and take three years. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7425998.html Coast Guard…