Texas has many tourist destinations throughout the state. Lakes, beaches, parks, caves, mountains, and more create opportunities for potential litter to collect. The state generated an estimated $80.2 billion in direct spending in 2018, which resulted in a $164 billion economic impact from tourism (Wells, 2019). Litter and debris on beaches, rivers, and marine resources […]
Outdoors
Seeds of Labor
For some backstory, these past few weeks have been stressful in numerous ways. In the beginning it wasn’t so bad, but I started to become restless being inside all day. While I was able to enjoy some of my indoor hobbies like reading and drawing, I still felt a bit of cabin fever. The remedy […]
Nonessential workers are doing what they can to get by
By Belle Rushing HOUSTON— From feeding animals, mucking stalls and trimming hooves, Codie Snelson continues to work despite this time of social distancing. Snelson says that although she is considered nonessential, her work as a barn manager is. As a barn manager for a couple of elderly clients who can’t take care of their four […]
Big Plans in the Works During Isolation Times
Quarantine projects. Follow along this journey of a backyard project that the COVID-19 shelter-in-place-orders initiated. What started as a small backyard project quickly turned into a huge undertaking for Kolby and Victoria Burkhardt’s household. Originally, the Burkhardt family planned to clean up some shrubbery around one tree, edge it, and mulch it. Then after seeing […]