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We preserved a special part of Texas.

This fall, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson announced plans to transfer the ruggedly scenic Christmas Mountains to Texas State University, where the land will be open to all. Previously, Patterson proposed selling the mountains to private interests. But after a public outcry—including thousands of petition signatures from Environment Texas members—he promised to protect the Christmas Mountains forever.

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Gift of Christmas Mountains to Texas State earns praise

AUSTIN - Environmental groups embraced Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson's plan Thursday to give the remote Christmas Mountains to Texas State University System after fighting Patterson four years ago when he tried to sell the rugged property to private interests.

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Christmas Comes Early for Texas State

Environmentalists and Land Commissioner Jerry Patter­son smiling together? It must be Christmas. Or, at least, it must be the Christmas Mountains. After four years of fighting, the rugged mountain range near Big Bend National Park is being transferred from the General Land Office to the Texas State University System to become an outdoor classroom and research area.

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State Parks Feel the Effects of Budget Cuts

Visitors to Fort Boggy State Park in Centerville splash around in the park’s drought-dwindled lake while Mark Webb, a biologist for Texas Inland Fisheries, takes photographs of plant life at the edge of the receding water line. He’s checking plants to make sure there’s adequate cover for fish — part of his job keeping an eye on aquatic life around East Texas.

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Houston's Electric Vehicles Initiative

The City of Houston and its electric vehicle partners launch a comprehensive, city-wide electric vehicle program. The initiative will eventually lead to more than 50-public charging stations around the city.

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Texas Lawmakers Ordered to Study Drought, Wildfires

The Texas Legislature doesn't meet again until 2013, but state Senate committees will soon begin studying the impact of the record-breaking drought on power generation, agriculture and the economy, and also how to improve Texas' response to wildfires, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst announced Tuesday.

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