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  1. Forgotten Keepers of the #RioGrandeDelta

    An industrial buildout on the southern tip of Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died.

    by Dylan Baddour
    May 13, 2024

    "This society has been trying to get rid of #Mancias’ people for 500 years. It couldn’t kill them all, so it’s destroying the evidence that they ever existed. That’s what Mancias sees as 100-ton bulldozers flatten the hills his #ancestors camped on, churn up their bones, and casually crush them into rubble, removing these last traces of their world.

    " 'They almost annihilated us, and that #genocide continues,' Mancias said. 'To destroy the #environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.'

    "He faces a formidable foe here at the last frontier for oil and gas on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Every other major inlet from the Mississippi River west through Port Arthur, Houston, Freeport, Lavaca Bay, and Corpus Christi is already ringed with #refineries, #ChemicalPlants, and terminals.

    "But at the farthest tip of #Texas, the #RioGrande meets the Gulf between #WildlifeRefuges, a #StatePark, and a majestic #wilderness that still shelters endangered and little-known #wildlife.

    "This is where Houston-based developer #NextDecade has begun constructing an $18 billion #MegaProject, which it called the 'largest greenfield energy project [financed] in U.S. history' when it announced in 2023 that it had secured investors to proceed.

    "Named #RioGrandeLNG, the 750-acre facility will eventually pipe in up to 27 million tons per year of gas from #fracked wells in the #PermianBasin, supercool it to negative 260 degrees fahrenheit, and load it onto #TankerShips for sale overseas as liquefied natural gas (#LNG). It’s part of an explosion of lookalike projects that quickly made the United States the world’s top exporter of liquefied gas and drove soaring gas production at home.

    "On an adjacent tract, another project called Texas LNG intends to build atop a site called #GarciaPasture—an ancient village ground where people lived seasonally for almost 800 years. The World Monument Fund calls it 'one of America’s premier #archaeological sites.' That project has its permits and awaits investor commitments before breaking ground.

    "And about 5 miles away, #SpaceX continues to expand its #Starbase complex, where it manufactures and launches the most powerful #rockets in the world (which occasionally explode and fall to earth).

    "Mancias fears this is just the beginning.

    " 'All of this will be gone,' he said, driving his pickup truck down a highway through the marshes. 'They’re going to destroy all of this.' "

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/forgotten-ke

    #DefendingTheSacred #SacredSites
    #TexasObserver #InsideClimateNews #BigOilAndGas #CulturalGenocide #CorporateColonialism #ElonSucks #MegaProjects #Pollution #Fracking #SpaceIndustry #DefendTheSacred #EndangeredSpecies

  2. Forgotten Keepers of the #RioGrandeDelta

    An industrial buildout on the southern tip of Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died.

    by Dylan Baddour
    May 13, 2024

    "This society has been trying to get rid of #Mancias’ people for 500 years. It couldn’t kill them all, so it’s destroying the evidence that they ever existed. That’s what Mancias sees as 100-ton bulldozers flatten the hills his #ancestors camped on, churn up their bones, and casually crush them into rubble, removing these last traces of their world.

    " 'They almost annihilated us, and that #genocide continues,' Mancias said. 'To destroy the #environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.'

    "He faces a formidable foe here at the last frontier for oil and gas on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Every other major inlet from the Mississippi River west through Port Arthur, Houston, Freeport, Lavaca Bay, and Corpus Christi is already ringed with #refineries, #ChemicalPlants, and terminals.

    "But at the farthest tip of #Texas, the #RioGrande meets the Gulf between #WildlifeRefuges, a #StatePark, and a majestic #wilderness that still shelters endangered and little-known #wildlife.

    "This is where Houston-based developer #NextDecade has begun constructing an $18 billion #MegaProject, which it called the 'largest greenfield energy project [financed] in U.S. history' when it announced in 2023 that it had secured investors to proceed.

    "Named #RioGrandeLNG, the 750-acre facility will eventually pipe in up to 27 million tons per year of gas from #fracked wells in the #PermianBasin, supercool it to negative 260 degrees fahrenheit, and load it onto #TankerShips for sale overseas as liquefied natural gas (#LNG). It’s part of an explosion of lookalike projects that quickly made the United States the world’s top exporter of liquefied gas and drove soaring gas production at home.

    "On an adjacent tract, another project called Texas LNG intends to build atop a site called #GarciaPasture—an ancient village ground where people lived seasonally for almost 800 years. The World Monument Fund calls it 'one of America’s premier #archaeological sites.' That project has its permits and awaits investor commitments before breaking ground.

    "And about 5 miles away, #SpaceX continues to expand its #Starbase complex, where it manufactures and launches the most powerful #rockets in the world (which occasionally explode and fall to earth).

    "Mancias fears this is just the beginning.

    " 'All of this will be gone,' he said, driving his pickup truck down a highway through the marshes. 'They’re going to destroy all of this.' "

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/forgotten-ke

    #DefendingTheSacred #SacredSites
    #TexasObserver #InsideClimateNews #BigOilAndGas #CulturalGenocide #CorporateColonialism #ElonSucks #MegaProjects #Pollution #Fracking #SpaceIndustry #DefendTheSacred #EndangeredSpecies

  3. Forgotten Keepers of the #RioGrandeDelta

    An industrial buildout on the southern tip of Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died.

    by Dylan Baddour
    May 13, 2024

    "This society has been trying to get rid of #Mancias’ people for 500 years. It couldn’t kill them all, so it’s destroying the evidence that they ever existed. That’s what Mancias sees as 100-ton bulldozers flatten the hills his #ancestors camped on, churn up their bones, and casually crush them into rubble, removing these last traces of their world.

    " 'They almost annihilated us, and that #genocide continues,' Mancias said. 'To destroy the #environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.'

    "He faces a formidable foe here at the last frontier for oil and gas on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Every other major inlet from the Mississippi River west through Port Arthur, Houston, Freeport, Lavaca Bay, and Corpus Christi is already ringed with #refineries, #ChemicalPlants, and terminals.

    "But at the farthest tip of #Texas, the #RioGrande meets the Gulf between #WildlifeRefuges, a #StatePark, and a majestic #wilderness that still shelters endangered and little-known #wildlife.

    "This is where Houston-based developer #NextDecade has begun constructing an $18 billion #MegaProject, which it called the 'largest greenfield energy project [financed] in U.S. history' when it announced in 2023 that it had secured investors to proceed.

    "Named #RioGrandeLNG, the 750-acre facility will eventually pipe in up to 27 million tons per year of gas from #fracked wells in the #PermianBasin, supercool it to negative 260 degrees fahrenheit, and load it onto #TankerShips for sale overseas as liquefied natural gas (#LNG). It’s part of an explosion of lookalike projects that quickly made the United States the world’s top exporter of liquefied gas and drove soaring gas production at home.

    "On an adjacent tract, another project called Texas LNG intends to build atop a site called #GarciaPasture—an ancient village ground where people lived seasonally for almost 800 years. The World Monument Fund calls it 'one of America’s premier #archaeological sites.' That project has its permits and awaits investor commitments before breaking ground.

    "And about 5 miles away, #SpaceX continues to expand its #Starbase complex, where it manufactures and launches the most powerful #rockets in the world (which occasionally explode and fall to earth).

    "Mancias fears this is just the beginning.

    " 'All of this will be gone,' he said, driving his pickup truck down a highway through the marshes. 'They’re going to destroy all of this.' "

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/forgotten-ke

    #DefendingTheSacred #SacredSites
    #TexasObserver #InsideClimateNews #BigOilAndGas #CulturalGenocide #CorporateColonialism #ElonSucks #MegaProjects #Pollution #Fracking #SpaceIndustry #DefendTheSacred #EndangeredSpecies

  4. Forgotten Keepers of the #RioGrandeDelta

    An industrial buildout on the southern tip of Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died.

    by Dylan Baddour
    May 13, 2024

    "This society has been trying to get rid of #Mancias’ people for 500 years. It couldn’t kill them all, so it’s destroying the evidence that they ever existed. That’s what Mancias sees as 100-ton bulldozers flatten the hills his #ancestors camped on, churn up their bones, and casually crush them into rubble, removing these last traces of their world.

    " 'They almost annihilated us, and that #genocide continues,' Mancias said. 'To destroy the #environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.'

    "He faces a formidable foe here at the last frontier for oil and gas on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Every other major inlet from the Mississippi River west through Port Arthur, Houston, Freeport, Lavaca Bay, and Corpus Christi is already ringed with #refineries, #ChemicalPlants, and terminals.

    "But at the farthest tip of #Texas, the #RioGrande meets the Gulf between #WildlifeRefuges, a #StatePark, and a majestic #wilderness that still shelters endangered and little-known #wildlife.

    "This is where Houston-based developer #NextDecade has begun constructing an $18 billion #MegaProject, which it called the 'largest greenfield energy project [financed] in U.S. history' when it announced in 2023 that it had secured investors to proceed.

    "Named #RioGrandeLNG, the 750-acre facility will eventually pipe in up to 27 million tons per year of gas from #fracked wells in the #PermianBasin, supercool it to negative 260 degrees fahrenheit, and load it onto #TankerShips for sale overseas as liquefied natural gas (#LNG). It’s part of an explosion of lookalike projects that quickly made the United States the world’s top exporter of liquefied gas and drove soaring gas production at home.

    "On an adjacent tract, another project called Texas LNG intends to build atop a site called #GarciaPasture—an ancient village ground where people lived seasonally for almost 800 years. The World Monument Fund calls it 'one of America’s premier #archaeological sites.' That project has its permits and awaits investor commitments before breaking ground.

    "And about 5 miles away, #SpaceX continues to expand its #Starbase complex, where it manufactures and launches the most powerful #rockets in the world (which occasionally explode and fall to earth).

    "Mancias fears this is just the beginning.

    " 'All of this will be gone,' he said, driving his pickup truck down a highway through the marshes. 'They’re going to destroy all of this.' "

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/forgotten-ke

    #DefendingTheSacred #SacredSites
    #TexasObserver #InsideClimateNews #BigOilAndGas #CulturalGenocide #CorporateColonialism #ElonSucks #MegaProjects #Pollution #Fracking #SpaceIndustry #DefendTheSacred #EndangeredSpecies

  5. Forgotten Keepers of the #RioGrandeDelta

    An industrial buildout on the southern tip of Texas is erasing the last traces of an ancient world that still hasn’t died.

    by Dylan Baddour
    May 13, 2024

    "This society has been trying to get rid of #Mancias’ people for 500 years. It couldn’t kill them all, so it’s destroying the evidence that they ever existed. That’s what Mancias sees as 100-ton bulldozers flatten the hills his #ancestors camped on, churn up their bones, and casually crush them into rubble, removing these last traces of their world.

    " 'They almost annihilated us, and that #genocide continues,' Mancias said. 'To destroy the #environment you have to destroy the people who protect it.'

    "He faces a formidable foe here at the last frontier for oil and gas on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Every other major inlet from the Mississippi River west through Port Arthur, Houston, Freeport, Lavaca Bay, and Corpus Christi is already ringed with #refineries, #ChemicalPlants, and terminals.

    "But at the farthest tip of #Texas, the #RioGrande meets the Gulf between #WildlifeRefuges, a #StatePark, and a majestic #wilderness that still shelters endangered and little-known #wildlife.

    "This is where Houston-based developer #NextDecade has begun constructing an $18 billion #MegaProject, which it called the 'largest greenfield energy project [financed] in U.S. history' when it announced in 2023 that it had secured investors to proceed.

    "Named #RioGrandeLNG, the 750-acre facility will eventually pipe in up to 27 million tons per year of gas from #fracked wells in the #PermianBasin, supercool it to negative 260 degrees fahrenheit, and load it onto #TankerShips for sale overseas as liquefied natural gas (#LNG). It’s part of an explosion of lookalike projects that quickly made the United States the world’s top exporter of liquefied gas and drove soaring gas production at home.

    "On an adjacent tract, another project called Texas LNG intends to build atop a site called #GarciaPasture—an ancient village ground where people lived seasonally for almost 800 years. The World Monument Fund calls it 'one of America’s premier #archaeological sites.' That project has its permits and awaits investor commitments before breaking ground.

    "And about 5 miles away, #SpaceX continues to expand its #Starbase complex, where it manufactures and launches the most powerful #rockets in the world (which occasionally explode and fall to earth).

    "Mancias fears this is just the beginning.

    " 'All of this will be gone,' he said, driving his pickup truck down a highway through the marshes. 'They’re going to destroy all of this.' "

    Read more:
    texasobserver.org/forgotten-ke

    #DefendingTheSacred #SacredSites
    #TexasObserver #InsideClimateNews #BigOilAndGas #CulturalGenocide #CorporateColonialism #ElonSucks #MegaProjects #Pollution #Fracking #SpaceIndustry #DefendTheSacred #EndangeredSpecies

  6. For #FungiFriday I found this old photo from October 2013. This beautiful pink fungus was seen growing on the end of a cut log by the Woodland Trail in Fall Creek Falls #StatePark near #Spencer #Tennessee. My apps tell me it is probably in the Genus #Fomitopsis

  7. #LibertyME - #WinterFunDay at #LakeSaintGeorge #StatePark

    Division / Program: Parks and Lands
    Date: February 21, 2026
    Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Location: Lake St. George State Park, 278 Belfast Augusta Road (ME Route 3), Liberty
    State Park: Lake St George
    Event Type: Special Event

    "Join us for hot cocoa, a warming fire, a #nature and #wildlife display table, #SnowSculpture making and games, and gear loans from the Ski & Snowshoe Trailer. #IceFishing traps and bait will be available for kids to use to fish. A section of the lake will be shoveled for ice skaters. Please bring your own #skates if you have them. A very limited supply will be available from the gear trailer. Gear loans are free with the Special event park admission. NOTE - the gear trailer will also be available from February 12-20 and February 22 & 23 for equipment loans; regular park entry rates apply."

    Contact Name: The park
    Contact Phone: (207) 589-4255
    Cost: Free gear use with paid Special Event admission: Ages 12 & older = $1.50, Under 12 and over 65 = Free.

    maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature
    #MaineEvents #IceSkating #IceFishing
    #MaineStateParks #TakeItOutside #GearLoans

  8. #LibertyME - #WinterFunDay at #LakeSaintGeorge #StatePark

    Division / Program: Parks and Lands
    Date: February 21, 2026
    Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Location: Lake St. George State Park, 278 Belfast Augusta Road (ME Route 3), Liberty
    State Park: Lake St George
    Event Type: Special Event

    "Join us for hot cocoa, a warming fire, a #nature and #wildlife display table, #SnowSculpture making and games, and gear loans from the Ski & Snowshoe Trailer. #IceFishing traps and bait will be available for kids to use to fish. A section of the lake will be shoveled for ice skaters. Please bring your own #skates if you have them. A very limited supply will be available from the gear trailer. Gear loans are free with the Special event park admission. NOTE - the gear trailer will also be available from February 12-20 and February 22 & 23 for equipment loans; regular park entry rates apply."

    Contact Name: The park
    Contact Phone: (207) 589-4255
    Cost: Free gear use with paid Special Event admission: Ages 12 & older = $1.50, Under 12 and over 65 = Free.

    maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature
    #MaineEvents #IceSkating #IceFishing
    #MaineStateParks #TakeItOutside #GearLoans

  9. #LibertyME - #WinterFunDay at #LakeSaintGeorge #StatePark

    Division / Program: Parks and Lands
    Date: February 21, 2026
    Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Location: Lake St. George State Park, 278 Belfast Augusta Road (ME Route 3), Liberty
    State Park: Lake St George
    Event Type: Special Event

    "Join us for hot cocoa, a warming fire, a #nature and #wildlife display table, #SnowSculpture making and games, and gear loans from the Ski & Snowshoe Trailer. #IceFishing traps and bait will be available for kids to use to fish. A section of the lake will be shoveled for ice skaters. Please bring your own #skates if you have them. A very limited supply will be available from the gear trailer. Gear loans are free with the Special event park admission. NOTE - the gear trailer will also be available from February 12-20 and February 22 & 23 for equipment loans; regular park entry rates apply."

    Contact Name: The park
    Contact Phone: (207) 589-4255
    Cost: Free gear use with paid Special Event admission: Ages 12 & older = $1.50, Under 12 and over 65 = Free.

    maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature
    #MaineEvents #IceSkating #IceFishing
    #MaineStateParks #TakeItOutside #GearLoans

  10. #LibertyME - #WinterFunDay at #LakeSaintGeorge #StatePark

    Division / Program: Parks and Lands
    Date: February 21, 2026
    Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Location: Lake St. George State Park, 278 Belfast Augusta Road (ME Route 3), Liberty
    State Park: Lake St George
    Event Type: Special Event

    "Join us for hot cocoa, a warming fire, a #nature and #wildlife display table, #SnowSculpture making and games, and gear loans from the Ski & Snowshoe Trailer. #IceFishing traps and bait will be available for kids to use to fish. A section of the lake will be shoveled for ice skaters. Please bring your own #skates if you have them. A very limited supply will be available from the gear trailer. Gear loans are free with the Special event park admission. NOTE - the gear trailer will also be available from February 12-20 and February 22 & 23 for equipment loans; regular park entry rates apply."

    Contact Name: The park
    Contact Phone: (207) 589-4255
    Cost: Free gear use with paid Special Event admission: Ages 12 & older = $1.50, Under 12 and over 65 = Free.

    maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature
    #MaineEvents #IceSkating #IceFishing
    #MaineStateParks #TakeItOutside #GearLoans

  11. #LibertyME - #WinterFunDay at #LakeSaintGeorge #StatePark

    Division / Program: Parks and Lands
    Date: February 21, 2026
    Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    Location: Lake St. George State Park, 278 Belfast Augusta Road (ME Route 3), Liberty
    State Park: Lake St George
    Event Type: Special Event

    "Join us for hot cocoa, a warming fire, a #nature and #wildlife display table, #SnowSculpture making and games, and gear loans from the Ski & Snowshoe Trailer. #IceFishing traps and bait will be available for kids to use to fish. A section of the lake will be shoveled for ice skaters. Please bring your own #skates if you have them. A very limited supply will be available from the gear trailer. Gear loans are free with the Special event park admission. NOTE - the gear trailer will also be available from February 12-20 and February 22 & 23 for equipment loans; regular park entry rates apply."

    Contact Name: The park
    Contact Phone: (207) 589-4255
    Cost: Free gear use with paid Special Event admission: Ages 12 & older = $1.50, Under 12 and over 65 = Free.

    maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature
    #MaineEvents #IceSkating #IceFishing
    #MaineStateParks #TakeItOutside #GearLoans

  12. Hype for the Future 101E: Forested Areas of Brown County, Indiana

    Overview The surrounding areas associated with Brown County, Indiana, are often identified by the Hoosier National Forest, the Yellowwood State Forest, and Brown County State Park. While the northern part of the county is often less protected than the areas further south, the canopy and related features of the rolling hills remain fairly similar nonetheless, with the un-glaciated terrain and features relatively similar to the foothills associated with the Appalachian Mountains.

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  13. #Maine #StatePark #FirstDayHikes, part of the nationwide initiative led by America’s State Parks to encourage people to get outdoors, are a combination of led and self-guided hikes, and virtual visits for 2026.

    Guided Program Listings:

    #CamdenHills State Park, #CamdenME - 9:00 a.m. Meet at the visitor center. Join us for a scenic 2.6-mile hike on the #Megunticook and #Adams Lookout Trails with Park Ranger Erik Hallsey to ring in 2026. The Megunticook Trail is a moderately difficult hike that leads to the easy Adams Lookout Trail. Both trails provide scenic points that include excellent views of #PenobscotBay. Leashed pets are welcome. Read all the details and view the flyer. FMI: (207) 236-0849.

    #HolbrookIsland Sanctuary, #BrooksvilleME - 1-4:00 p.m. Meet at the Backshore Trail parking lot on Indian Bar Road. Join us for a leisurely 2.85 mile walk for all ages to ring in the New Year! Meet and Greet at 1:00 - Warm beverages, water, and snacks will be on hand at the start and finish of our walk. The guided hike will begin at 1:30 or explore on your own anytime during the afternoon. Please wear warm clothing and sturdy footwear. Leash pets are welcome. Read all the details and view the flyer. FMI: (207) 326-4012.

    #SebagoLake State Park, Campground Side of Park, #Naples<E. Meet at 1:00 p.m. at the campground booth. Join us for a leisurely 1-mile walk for all ages on January 1 to ring in the New Year! Meet at campground booth on the Naples side of the park, for snacks and beverages, which will be provided. This will be an easy to moderate 1- mile hike around Horseshoe Bog; a mostly flat, and slightly rocky trail. All ages are welcome, but parents should be prepared to carry their children if they tire. Parents must accompany children under 12 years old. No pets on this hike, please. Park entry and program are free to First Day Hikers. Read all the details and view the First Day Hike flyer. FMI: (207) 693-6231.

    #TwoLights State Park, #CapeElizabethME - 6:30-9:00 a.m. The park is off Route 77. Meet at High Head at the rose garden. Arrive at 6:30 for the sunrise. Hike begins at 7:30. This is a leasurely 3/4-mile loop hike along the shoreline and woodland paths. Parents must accompany children under 12 years old. Leashed pets are welcome. Read all the details and view the flyer. FMI: (207) 799-5871.

    Self-guided Hike Guides:
    #BradburyMountain State Park, #FreeportME
    Camden Hills State Park, Camden
    #PophamBeach State Park, #PhippsburgME
    #ReidStatePark, #GeorgetownME
    #WolfesNeck Woods State Park, Freeport
    Share your self-guided hike photos and comments with us by tagging @mainedacf to Instagram and Facebook.
    Stay Informed with Safety Updates.

    FMI (includes link to guides):
    maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_

    #MaineParks #NatureEvents #NatureHikes #NewYearsHikes #SpendTimeInNature
    #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #MaineEvents #SolarPunkSunday