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Ecologists Honor Gilchrist Role In Texas Road Ecology
The piece honors Gibb Gilchrist Texas highway engineer and later A&M system chancellor for early ecology thinking. It notes his push to plant grass shrubs and save trees on highways to blend roles of beauty and function. It cites specific cases on routes near Fort Worth Dallas Sonora Athens and Interstate 20 showing preservation of trees and archaeological sites.
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Associated Press
Gibb Gilchrist
Gilchrist
Ecology
Texas
Texas A&m System
Port Worth
Donald W
McCauley
Ment
Way Department
Sonora
Department Publica
Nion
Athens
Robert McCulloch
Highway Department
Nature