Featured Saving the Prairie, and Planting Some New Ones (Hollie O’Connor – The New York Times, 08/18/2012) Jaime González, community education director of the Katy Prairie Conservancy, and other conservators are working to beautify Houston by transplanting wildflower seeds to pocket prairies. Pocket prairies are gardens of native foliage that range from a few feet to several acres. These small…
Featured Nation’s Largest “Stream Bank” to Stem the Effects of Houston Growth (PR Newswire, 08/09/2012) The newly permitted Katy Prairie Stream Mitigation Bank (KPSMB), located on the 6,500 acre Warren Ranch, will be the nation’s largest stream mitigation bank. More than 20 miles of impaired and channelized waterways on the Warren Ranch will be restored to sinuous prairie creeks, easing…
Featured Why the Las Brisas Coal Plant Air Permit Was Reversed (Terrence Henry – StateImpact, 07/26/2012) The construction of Las Brisas, a proposed coal plant in Corpus Christi, has been set back after an air permit was revoked. The permit was granted in January 2011, and following, a challenge to that permit was brought by a coalition of environmental groups,…