Here’s what’s worth reading today, Monday, June 10, 2019:
Pflugerville police searching for missing kayaker at Lake Pflugerville: The Pflugerville Police Department is searching for a kayaker who was reported missing Sunday night as severe storms blew through the area. The Pflugerville Police Department received a call around 6:45 p.m. about a potential drowning at Lake Pflugerville. A female in her 20s in a kayak was reportedly carried into deeper water.
Body of Texas police chief found after falling off fishing boat: Search and rescue crews have recovered the body of a Texas police chief and former Army paratrooper who went missing after he fell off a fishing boat in Galveston Bay. Chris Reed, the police chief for the Kemah Police Department, lost his balance and went overboard due to a wake created by a larger passing vessel near Texas City on Friday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Hunters fear new hog hunting law could create unsafe environment: New laws are being announced almost daily as Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs bills passed by the now-finished legislative session. One of those bills, now law, is Texans no longer need a license to kill wild hogs.
Invasive lionfish make themselves right at home on Texas coast
Texas lionfish hunters target Pensacola waters to help reduce invasive species: The invasion of lionfish into Gulf of Mexico waters is attracting a different type of hunter to Pensacola. Members of the Texas Lionfish Control Unit, a conservation non-profit based in Dallas, Texas, will make five trips to Pensacola this summer, bringing paying guests from across the country to hunt for invasive lionfish species in Gulf waters.
The best arrows for deer hunting: All arrows pretty much look the same, but the similarities end with aesthetics because they certainly don’t offer cookie-cutter performance. Far from it. Arrows vary widely from brand to brand – even batch to batch – and that matters. A lot.
E.O. Wilson at 90: The conservation legend shares dreams for the future: National Geographic paid a visit recently to Edward O. Wilson, one of the great figures in biology and conservation of this, or any, century. Wilson, who turned 90 on June 10, sat in the plant-filled conservatory at his retirement community outside of Boston and reflected on three-quarters of a century of insights into the astounding diversity of species on Earth, the mounting troubles at the intersection of nature and human nature, and strategies for saving wild things and, in so doing, saving ourselves.
Public-lands advocates bring conservation message to Interior Secretary in Vail: Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is coming home to Colorado for the Western Governors’ Association conference today in Vail. Public-lands advocates are asking the former Rifle resident to prioritize conservation over extraction on public lands, and to reverse a proposal to cut the Land and Water Conservation Fund budget by 95%. Kristine Oblock, clean water advocate with Environment Colorado, said governors representing seven western states attending the conference have seen combined benefits from the fund of nearly $1.6 billion.
Oregon relaxes rules for hunting livestock-killing wolves: Oregon state officials relaxed rules Friday to make it easier to kill the state’s endangered gray wolves if they are found to have eaten livestock. Under the new rules, the commission can approve wolf kills if a pack is confirmed to have killed livestock twice in nine months.
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