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Texas Forest Service

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    February 16, 2012

    Your Official Texas Drought Carnage: 5.6 Million Urban Trees Killed

    The Texas Forest Service has completed its latest update on the effects of the crushing drought, and it's somewhat hard to fathom: about 5.6 million trees in urban areas of the state fell victim to the lack of rain. And they ain't done dying yet. "This estimate is preliminary because trees are con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Protecting Trees During the Drought: The Good News and the Bad News

    The drought has taken its toll on Houston area plant life of all kinds, but the potential damage this drought could cause to trees seems to generate the most worry among residents. Despite the fact that people who have never visited Houston have the impression we are a dusty cow town akin to Dry Gul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Helicopters Save Bastrop Park's Historic Building, For Now

    ​The Refractory in Bastrop State park, built by FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps back in the Depression, had a close call today with the wildfires that have hit the park hard. At 2 p.m., the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department says, fires got within 200 yards of the structure.

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    West Texas is Burning: Maybe the Worst Wildfires in State's History

    Tough times in the vast stretches of West Texas​Massive drought conditions have turned West Texas and the Panhandle into a tinderbox, and the spark has been lit. This weekend saw what might develop into the worst wildfire days in the state's history, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Life, Post-Ike

    One year later, Galveston residents like Marie Creasy have dug in for the long haul

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Trouble With Trees On Galveston Island

    Photo by Jennifer Reynolds This Galveston County Daily News photo shows the shape the trees are inGalveston needed more bad Ike news like it needed more Ike. But more bad news is being reported: The leafy trees that provided a distinctive canopy over many of the island's most charming street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    The FEMA Bureaucracy Descends, And Obfuscates

    Photo by Jennifer Reynolds This Galveston County Daily News photo shows the shape the trees are inGalveston needed more bad Ike news like it needed more Ike. But more bad news is being reported: The leafy trees that provided a distinctive canopy over many of the island's most charming street ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Poindexter's Barbecue

    A Houston manufacturing magnate sets West Texas on fire -- and now he's taking the heat

  • News

    September 12, 1996

    Field Day

    Under Bob Lanier and director Bill Smith, the city's Parks Department has been on a budget-busting blowout. But who's counting, right?

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