I’m working on two essays about Fairfield Lake State Park and I hope to have one out for the weekend and the other next week. Time feels of the essence here but I’m overwhelmed with some solo parenting and other things at the moment, so this week I’m focusing on nature and environmental news!
Fort Worth to mow down ‘acres’ of privet at Tandy Hills via Green Source DFW - this is great to see, that park has had a privet problem for decades!
1,000+ acres of biodiverse Texas Hill Country permanently protected from development via KSAT - more public land for Texas…I like it!
Natural Gas Terminal Reopens After Massive Explosion via Texas Observer
Gulf of Mexico warming at faster rate than global ocean, study finds via KERA/ Texas Standard - I mean, the GOM is a warm, shallow bath tub, so yeah! I used to swim in it in December when I was attending college in Galveston 20+ years ago.
In win for butterflies and loss for Texas Republicans, feds move to protect rare plant via Courthouse News Service - about protecting the endangered prostrate milkweed along the Texas/Mexico border.
Jacob’s Well closes to swimmers for the ‘forseeable future’ via KUT - increased groundwater consumption and drought conditions will continue to play a big part in spring flows around central Texas.
Climate Change Could Cause Mass Exodus of Tropical Plankton via UT News
Thanks for sharing the new links!