Tags archives: 2011 Texas Drought

{P}ersonal: Update on George Bush Park

An update on the Barker Reservoir Wetlands Restoration Project - lately we've had a bit of rain in the Houston area & I stopped by the park for an overdue visit this past weekend.Puts a smile on my face to see all that water out there :-)[For comparison, check out the original post of photos after the fires.]

Personal: George Bush Park after the Fires: A Photographic Witness

The past year has been witness to the worst drought on record here in Texas.  A rainless spring extended into a scorching summer and then stuff just started going up in flames.  Bastrop was probably the worst hit and a couple of weeks after the conflagration started over there, George Bush Park (here in Houston, on the west side of town) was ablaze too (started on the[...]