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The entire Sam Houston National Forest is designated as a wildlife management area through a cooperative agreement between Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the U.S. Forest Service. This special designation provides benefits to those who use the Sam Houston National Forest, including hunters, and to the wildlife that live or forage there.
Greenwood Forest is an unincorporated area in Harris County, Texas, United States. It is within the Champions region of area 649 acres (263 ha). According to Louis B. Parks of the Houston Chronicle , the commuting distance to Downtown Houston in 2004 was 20 minutes.
Bay Forest Wildlife Preserve - a 10.3 acres (42,000 m 2) habitat of indigenous flora and fauna unique to Gulf Coast riparian reserves that includes a 0.5 mile (800 m) crushed granite trail for exploring or exercising. Located in the southeast corner of the neighborhood adjacent to Horsepen Bayou, it provides residents with a quiet retreat from ...
The purpose of this program is to preserve the forest areas that are threatened by the conversion to non forest uses. [17] Seventy five percent of the programs that belong to this alliance are funded by the government and the other 25% comes from private, state, and local communities or organizations.
The national forest is managed on a multiple-use philosophy and are used for lumbering, grazing, oil production, hunting, and recreation. In fiscal year 1994, 93.8 million board feet of timber was harvested from the national forests in Texas, providing 2,098 jobs and $73,108,000 in income to the surrounding Texas communities.
Rather than “restoring” the natural forest ecosystem, projects like Houston South are attempting to re-establish the most beat up conditions that existed in the mid 19th century after European ...
From left: Senators John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott Credit - Thune: Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images; Cornyn: Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images; Scott: Celal Gunes—Anadolu/Getty Images
Houston Arboretum and Nature Center: Houston: Harris: Texas Coastal Bend: 155 acres with over 5 miles of trails Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center: Humble: Harris: Texas Coastal Bend: website, operated by the County, 312 acres John Bunker Sands Wetland Center: Combine: Dallas County: North Texas: website, Private non-profit, 2,000 acres Kleb ...