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Nov 18, 2012

Texas Towns Contemplate Drinking Recycled Wastewater

Big Spring and Brownwood are planning to reuse wastewater as they contemplate a drier future.

Oct 05, 2012

Austin Wants to Know Where the Wells Are

The City of Austin is working toward regulating private wells, which are becoming more popular in wealthier neighborhoods.

Aug 08, 2012

Complications to Galveston’s Development Planning

A perennial debate on Galveston: balancing the needs of coastal-dwelling Texans with the threat of a rising ocean and the coastal destruction accompanying it.

May 08, 2012

Texas Cattle Still Healthy Despite Budget Cuts to Health Commission

While devastating cattle diseases still run rampant in many parts of the world, Texas hasn’t had a serious disease outbreak in decades, but is hasn’t been easy, especially with budget cuts to the Texas Animal Health Commission.

May 07, 2012

Rhetoric and Findings Go Hand in Hand With Fracking Report

A report by UT’s Energy Institute on the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing has drawn attention for both its findings and its rhetoric.

Mar 20, 2012

Texas at the Epicenter of ‘Lunker’ Bass Fishing

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program is aiming to produce the world’s largest bass.

Dec 09, 2011

Dams Are Coming Down, But Not in Texas

Texas has more dams than any other state, but it bucks the national trend of removing ones that might pose a hazard or improve fishery conditions.

Dec 09, 2011

Prospect for Continued Drought Bodes Ill for Texas Trees

This year’s drought has been rough on trees throughout Texas, with vigilance necessary to keep some species healthy.

Oct 24, 2011

6 Species Slouch Toward Endangered Status

Six Texas species are endangered-species candidates, putting them toward the end of a long line of plants and animals awaiting a final ruling on their status.

Oct 07, 2011

In Dry San Angelo, Global Water Lilies

Ken Landon, who runs the International Water Lily Collection in bone-dry San Angelo, looks more like a 62-year-old rock star than the Indiana Jones of horticulture.

Oct 04, 2011

Texas Drought Prompts Fish Rescue

Wildlife biologists have rescued nearly 3,000 sharpnose and smalleye shiners from the Brazos River in a bid to save the fish from extinction during the Central Texas drought.

Sep 11, 2011

Central Texas Wildfires: A Week of Images

The wildfires of the past week, feeding on high winds and low humidity, destroyed more than 1,500 homes in Central Texas, where thousands of residents were forced to evacuate.

May 22, 2011

Researchers: Sleeper-Cell Bacteria Elude Antibiotics

Like super agent Jason Bourne, bacterial cells possess the capacity to go off the grid, hiding from antibiotics until danger has passed and then reemerging to attack our immune system, according to scientists at Texas A&M and Brown universities.

Jun 09, 2010

Large Animal Vet Holds Her Own

Wild horses and raging bulls are the stuff of the rugged Marlboro man more so than a woman. But the livestock and the ranchers of Central Texas have learned to like and respect Amy Jo Pilmer, a veterinarian specializing in large animals.

Mar 23, 2010

Coal Plants: Cheap Energy or Dirty Dozen?

Texas leads the nation in generating power from coal, and as many as 12 new such plants have been proposed. Environmentalists and the EPA are trying to pour cold water on a new plant in Corpus Christi while city leaders tout the promise of new jobs and investment, a familiar skirmish in a larger war that pits the economy against the environment.