Houston Matters
Future Of Butterfly Center Tied To Border Wall
Posted on · Conservationists say a border wall would eradicate an enormous amount of native habitat at The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas.
Tag: Conservation
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1389: Regrowing Our Forests
Posted on · Episode: 1389 The supply of wood: trouble along the Equator, good news to the North. Today, some good news and some bad.
Energy & Environment
Bayou Project Moves Forward, Though Some Still Don’t Like It
Posted on · One group feels the project is a waste of money, but others say it's a way to return the bayou to a more natural state.
Full Show
Katy Prairie and Sugar Land Restaurants: Wednesday’s Show (July 6, 2016)
Posted on · Following our recent Houston Matters road trip to the newest stretch of the Grand Parkway, in which we learned how some nearby residents and businesses are being affected by the new leg of 99, we received an e-mail from a listener bemoaning how such development adds to the dissipation of prairies on the edges of Greater […]
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1180 Lardner and Energy
Posted on · Episode: 1180 Dionysius Lardner looks at early steam power technology Today, a contemporary look at power technology, 170 years ago.
Houston Matters
Book Offers a Look at the State of Texas’ Environment
Posted on · A new book offers a comprehensive, statewide picture of environmental issues and conservation efforts across Texas. The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People compiled data from several agencies and groups to offer a better look at the environmental state of Texas. The book is authored by David Todd, executive director for the Conservation History Association of […]
Weather
How To Save Flooded Family Heirlooms
Posted on · After what feels like endless flooding, many Texans are now trying to save water-logged family heirlooms.
Local
Can Houston Preserve Green Space Alongside Rapid Growth?
Posted on · As the population in Greater Houston continues to grow, a panel at Rice University today explored why it’s important to preserve green space.
Houston Matters
Galveston Farm Raises a Unique Crop: Endangered Sea Turtles
Posted on · In Galveston, the NOAA Fisheries Service runs the only farm of its kind in the world: they raise sea turtles. The reptiles are cared for with one goal in mind: to protect the species amid commercial fishing. Sea turtles are older than the dinosaurs and currently endangered. Houston Matters Paige Phelps reports.
Houston Matters
What Makes the Buffalo Bayou Restoration Project So Controversial?
Posted on · We revisit a plan to restore a portion of Buffalo Bayou. The Memorial Park Demonstration Project is a controversial plan to eliminate vegetation and trees along the banks of a 1.5-mile stretch of Buffalo Bayou, running from the southeast corner of Memorial Park to the eastern edge of River Oaks Country Club. We examined this project back in […]
Houston Matters
How Should Erosion Be Stopped Along Buffalo Bayou?
Posted on · Houston residents have until June 30 to submit public comments on a controversial plan to eliminate vegetation and trees along the banks of a 1.5-mile stretch of Buffalo Bayou running from the southeast corner of Memorial Park to the eastern edge of River Oaks Country Club. The plan, put forth by the Harris County Flood […]
Houston Matters
Peter Hillary Talks Exploring, Connecting With & Conserving Nature
Posted on · In 1953, New Zealand explorer and mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and his Nepalese Sherpa partner Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Nearly 40 years later â in 1990 â Hillaryâs son Peter himself reached the summit, making Edmund and Peter Hillary the first father-son duo to conquer Mount […]