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Matagorda Bay

Matagorda Bay (mătəgôrˈdə), inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, c.50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 12 mi (4.8–19 km) wide, SE Tex., protected by a long sandspit, Matagorda Peninsula. It receives the Colorado River and is crossed by the Intracoastal Waterway. Matagorda Island is a sandbar farther south at the entrance of San Antonio Bay. On the shore of Matagorda Bay is the site of the former town of Matagorda, which was settled in 1825 and served as a port for Stephen F. Austin's colony. Matagorda is known principally for fishing and oyster gathering. The area is often struck by hurricanes.

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Restoring whooping crane habitat in Texas

-- Time series of salinity recoveries are illustrated for Nueces Bay in Figure 5, for San Antonio Bay in Figure 6, for Lavaca Bay in Figure 7, and for Trinity Bay in Figure 8.

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The Alcoa plant, whose refining of bauxite into aluminum continues to result in other chemicals entering Lavaca Bay, signed an agreement with Wilson in March 1996 to install equipment designed to achieve zero discharge.

The crisis comes home

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Environmental regulations: who needs them?

Department of Energy has granted Excelerate Energy a long-term, multi-contract authorization to export LNG to free trade agreement nations from its Lavaca Bay LNG project, currently under development.

Excelerate Energy wins permission to export LNG

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Environmental assessment of La Quinta Channel, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas

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