Mariculture, Reef Restoration Offer Solutions to Texas’s Oyster Problem
Oysters do a lot for the Texas Coast – filter water, provide storm protection, sequester carbon and make for good eating, but the reefs are continuously disappearing. …
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East Texas Pecan Grower Says Wet Spring Hit Area’s Crop
While a dry, hot summer is taking a toll on much of the state’s pecan crop, the wet spring in East Texas may have been a bigger factor. …
Dollar General Celebrates Longview, Texas Distribution Center Grand Opening
Dollar General welcomed employees, their families and local and state officials to celebrate the official grand opening of the Company’s 16th distribution center in Longview, Texas. At full capacity, the state-of-the-art Longview facility is expected to employ more than 400 people and support approximately 1,000 Dollar General stores. …
Texas Muscles in on Oyster Farming
Texas has a new industry. Oyster farming will be legal in Texas as of September 1 now that Gov. Greg Abbott has signed House Bill 1300 into law. The bill by Coastal Bend Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi), includes Texas in a growing industry that state law historically prohibited. Texas was the only coastal state in the United States that did not allow oyster farming. …