Featured TPWD leads efforts to restore oyster reefs and salt marshes after the 2008 hurricane (Lance Robinson – Texas Parks & Wildlife, 6/5/2013) Back in September of 2008, Hurricane Ike caused massive damage to homes and businesses in the coastal communities of the upper Texas coast. Less visible but significant damage also occurred to coastal habitats in the region and…
Featured In Houston, Too Much Fine Dust? (Kate Galbraith – The Texas Tribune, 5/30/2013) In Houston, air pollution concerns usually center on ozone. But Houston environmentalists and businesses are paying increasingly close attention to another pollutant — fine dust. It’s more dangerous than ozone, some say, and the federal government will decide by the end of next year whether the…
Featured Sketching the Growth of the Hermann Park Garden Center (Swamplot, 5/14/2013) Chicago landscape architecture firm Hoerr Schaudt has presented drawings that show the future growth of the Hermann Park Garden Center when it turns 100 next year. The current 15-acre Garden Center will undergo numerous changes including a new entrance and “arid garden”. http://swamplot.com/ Motorists to share pollution bill…