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How Your Old Christmas Tree Can Help Protect The Texas Coast

Posted on December 28, 2018 · In Brazoria County, recycled Christmas trees are given new life restoring sand dunes.

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Beaches south of Houston inundated with dead fish, likely due to rise in water temperature

Posted on June 12, 2023 · Recent rainfall, cloudy skies and the warmer weather associated with summer likely contributed to a mass fish casualty near Freeport along the Texas Gulf Coast over the weekend.

Tags Beaches Brazoria County Brazos River dissolved oxygen fish kill Freeport gulf of mexico Quintana Beach County Park Texas beaches Texas Gulf Coast Texas Parks & Wildlife Department texas parks and wildlife department

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Twenty-one Houston-area teenagers hospitalized after walkway collapses in Surfside Beach

Posted on June 8, 2023 · The injured teenagers were from the Cypress, Spring Branch and Tomball areas and were visiting Stahlman Park as part of a church-affiliated summer camp.

Tags Bayou City Fellowship Brazoria County Stahlman Park surfside beach

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School board seats, city council positions and bond referendums among items on Houston-area ballots for May 6 election

Posted on May 2, 2023 · Early voting ends Tuesday night, with Election Day scheduled for Saturday.

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Houston-area residents can recycle real Christmas trees at multiple locations through end of January

Posted on January 6, 2023 · A total of 24 sites across the region, including 12 operated by Living Earth, will collect Christmas trees through Jan. 31.

Tags christmas tree christmas trees Houston recycling Living Earth recycling Solid Waste Management Department

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