Texas City Prairie Preserve
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Nature Conservancy |
The Texas City Prairie Preserve is a 2,300-acre (9.3 km2)
The terrain of the preserve includes prairie and wetland habitats, enabled in large part by restoration efforts in recent decades.[1] The preserve includes 40 acres (0.16 km2) of limited public access areas including a small hiking trail. The remainder of the preserve is closed but available for tours and access at the discretion of preserve staff, including birding events[3] and volunteer events.[4]
The preserve is part of the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, a network of preserves and trails along the Texas coast featuring habitats for birds and other wildlife.
Controversy
1999 the
In 2010 a paper was presented at a Society of Petroleum Engineers conference stating that the original well "died in March 2003, and was unable to flow due to excessive water production." A new well was drilled in the same area in late 2007, the new well was for oil while the original was for natural gas.
Due to a change in release strategy by the Attwater's Prairie Chicken Recovery Team, captive-bred bird releases were stopped in 2011. There are no more
References
- ^ a b c "The Nature Conservancy: Texas City Prairie Preserve". The Nature Conservancy. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved 29 Oct 2009.
- ^ Whitted, Leigh (21 Oct 2009). "Texas City". Houston Zoo. Retrieved 18 Jan 2010.
- ^ "Galveston FeatherFest Birding Field Trips". Galveston FeatherFest. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "The Nature Conservancy: Texas City Prairie Preserve Volunteer Work Days". The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Further reading
- Klein, Naomi (2014). This Changes Everything. New York, NY: ISBN 978-1-4516-9738-4