Featured Half a Percent of Texas is No Longer in Drought (Terrence Henry – State Impact, 01/12/2012) Recent rain has helped the drought situation in Texas. Although 25 percent of Texas is still in the most extreme stage of drought, the number has dropped from 32 percent last week and 86 percent in September. Houston even lifted the Stage 2…
Featured Re-Plant Houston Begins Reforestation (Pat Hernandez – KUHF News, 01/06/2012) “Re-plant Houston” is a program that will use the help of volunteers to plant over 25,000 trees in four Houston parks: Memorial, Hermann, MacGregor and Mason Parks. These four parks have removed an estimated 10,000 trees due to the drought. The Houston Parks Department has started by replanting a…
Featured Houston moving forward with longtime Luce Bayou project (Matthew Tresaugue – Houston Chronicle, 12/26/2011) Plans are moving forward with the Luce Bayou project, a nearly $300 million pipeline and canal that will move water from the Trinity River about 30 miles to Lake Houston. This project will help to provide water to the expanding city and suburbs. The Luce…