Water | Features
Organized by publication date. Check the Bibliography
for an alphabetical list.
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Rita's
Wakeup Call While the hurricane carved a path of destruction,
it also helped shine a spotlight on a more insidious problem --
human impact on wetlands. [Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, July
2006]
Fighting
for Independence The Nature Conservancy, along with a few
determined individuals, struggled for years to save this one-of-a-kind
desert wetland. [Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, Water Feature,
July 2006]
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Friends
of the Brazos Susan Ebert rounded up Shannon Tompkins of
the Houston Chronicle, Michael Berryhill, former editor of Texas
Parks & Wildlife magazine, John Ostdick, the nature writer who used
to edit American Airlines' American Way magazine, and me, along
with Tyson Broad, a research associate for the Lone Star Chapter
of the Sierra Club and his wife, Eva, for a campfire discussion
and paddle on the Brazos River. [Joe Nick's blog, November 16, 2005]
The Only
Honest Lake in Texas It looks like a winner has emerged in
the struggle for Caddo Lake. [Texas Observer, July 8, 2005] |
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Water
Wars How growing demand, fuzzy legal rulings and plain old
stubbornness have turned Kinney County into a hotbed of water politics.
[Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, July 2005] blog
Kinney
Water Wars
Top 10
Swimming Holes [Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, July
2005]
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The Park
That Time Forgot Boasting the world's largest spring-fed
pool and a retro-cool motel, Balmorhea State Park is the great oasis
of the Chihuahuan Desert. [Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, April
2005] blog Kinney
Water Wars
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Guad
is Good; Guad is Great
It's the finest recreational river in Texas, but how long can
it last? A special issue of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine, the third
in an award-winning annual series of July issues covering water resource
challenges facing all regions of the state. [Texas Parks and Wildlife
Magazine, July 2004] [view
press release] |
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Catching
a Break: Surf City Texas It's too flat to surf the beach and
not quite warm enough to chase oil tankers in the bay. [The Dallas
Morning News, April 4, 2004] |
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A
Force of Nature a 4-part series of articles about the Guadalupe
covering issues at the headwaters around Canyon Lake to Victoria and
rural areas, and on to the Gulf Coast. [San Antonio Current, December
4, 2003]
Part 1;
Part 2;
Part 3;
Part
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Cool,
clear water The sweetest pleasure of a Texas summer is the
swimming hole. [The Dallas Morning News, August 31, 2003] plus
Swimming
Holes Across Texas
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Texas
Water Safari: 260 miles of rowing your boat To finish the
Texas Water Safari, you have to paddle nonstop in a canoe or kayak
for 260 miles from Aquarena Center. [The Dallas Morning News, June
27, 2003]
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Water
Foul When the City of Marshall wanted to pump millions of
gallons of water out of Caddo Lake and sell them to the highest bidder,
the state said, "Sure." Residents of Karnack, Uncertain, and other
tiny northeast Texas towns said, "Hell, no." [Texas Monthly, October
2002] |
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Undammed
and Unforgiving Why would a veteran paddler go through hell
and low water to take on the last wild river? The Devils made him
do it. [Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, July 2002]
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Guad
Is Great Forget about the Rocky Mountains. For first-class
kayaking, fishing, and bird-watching, head to the Lower Guadalupe
after Labor Day. [Texas Monthly, December 2001 Great Outdoors] |
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