Federal grant aids McKinney Falls State Park near Austin
A $731,300 grant from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funds development of McKinney Falls State Park seven miles southeast of Austin. The grant matches the $731,300 value of 632 acres donated by J E Smith to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The park, east of I-35 and near Bergstrom AFB, will include a headquarters and interpretive facilities.
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Austin
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
McKinney Falls
J.E. Smith
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Catholic Charities gets 219939 HEW grant for migrant worker clinic
Brownsville Catholic Charities receives 219,939 dollars from the Department of Health Education and Welfare to operate a bi county health and medical services program for medically indigent migrant and seasonal agricultural workers in Cameron and Willacy counties. A central Harlingen clinic will serve the outreach program with staff including a physician administrator nurse and social workers. The total project cost is 304,621 dollars with additional pledges from the Brownsville Diocese and community groups.
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Brownsville
Fr. Pena
Cameron and
Willacy
Cameron
Harlingen
HEW
State Journal Wins Award for State Parks Coverage
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department earned first place in magazine and news service categories and a runner-up in photography, finishing second overall among government information agencies in the United States and Canada. Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine won best magazine for the third time in four years, published monthly by the Information and Education Division. The division’s news service won for its weekly news packet and public information services, while the photography award went to a color feature on imported wild animal species. There were 26 magazine entries and 17 in the news release category.
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Springfield
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
United States
Canada
American Association For Conservation Information
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Prairie Dog Code Revised In Texas Legislation
Austin reports House Bill 357 signs a prairie dog law redefining them as a public nuisance only when within city limits. The old statute forcing landowners to poison prairie dogs is repealed. councils may remove towns inside city boundaries, while landowners may choose to permit or poison the animals.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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Grant Given
Mexico City
Lisa Lewis
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C.H. Lewis
Lisa
Corpus Christi
Catholic Group
Community Action Agency
Organizaciones Unidas, Inc
San Benito
Family Services Clinic
S. 3Rd Street
State Journal
W. Jackson Harlingen
Padre Island
Choice Channel
Padre Boulevard
Mubiles
Hese
Florida
John L. Tompkins & Co
Padre Blvd
Dolphin, Padre Island
Opa
Curtis
W. c. Greene
R, O. Curtis
L.A. Young
Dorothy Winslow
Helen E. Williams
Harbor Light ST
Port Isabel
Laguna Heights
Port Label
1St St
Derry
Central Ave
Cecil Ford
Jack Todd
E. Levee
Texas
Nita R. Flewelling
GRI
Jack Bryant
Laguna Coronado
Kingsberry
Laguna Vista Estates
Ntomen
Master EE
Oom
Vaive
General Electric
Kingsberary Homes
Boise Cascade Corporation
Sncredite Incorporated
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Robert F. McCausland
Laguna Vista
Miss
Breezway
Nussbaum Realty
Boca Chica Blvd
North Shore Drive
Business
Buena Vista Road
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