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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 2017
Page
8
Cedar Bayou, a slow moving coastal waterway feeding Galveston Bay, supports fishing boating and kayaking. The 173 square mile watershed hosts redfish and spotted sea trout and is vital for wildlife habitat and environmental resources while urging responsible pet waste and pollution practices.
From 2010 to 2016 the Houston-Galveston Area Council developed a Watershed Protection Plan for the Cedar Bayou watershed spanning Dayton to Galveston Bay. It links bacteria and dissolved oxygen issues to on site septic systems dog waste and urban runoff. Recommendations focus on public education dog waste reduction agricultural runoff urban runoff and improved sewer maintenance with Baytown enacting a watershed protection ordinance and funding wastewater line replacements.
Investigators enforcing federal environmental laws could see a 129 million cut to the EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, dropping funding to 419 million annually and potentially shedding about 200 positions. Critics warn weaker enforcement risks higher pollution and harm to air and water quality, while supporters cite broader budget reductions.
The Baytown Nature Center hosts the annual Nurture Nature Festival at 6213 Bayway at the start of April. The free family event features reptiles, birds, fish and native plants with games exhibits live animals walks and kid fish tank. Partners Texas Snakes and More EarthQuest Birds of Prey Crocodile Encounter and Eddie V Gray Wetlands Education Center provide educational wildlife presentations.
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