Outdoors
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The Texanist: To Pop or Not to Pop Fire Ant Bites?
How to handle the zit-sized pustule that those evil little @$*!%*#@%&!s leave behind.
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Inside Barton Springs, Austin’s Favorite Watering Hole
Photos and memories from the public pool that brings a city together.
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Creature From the Green Lagoon
Caddo Lake is being consumed by the world’s most monstrous weed. Herbicides, kitchen strainers, and even blowtorches have failed to stop it. Now a local band of volunteers is making a last-ditch effort to save these treasured wetlands.
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Houston Braces for a Mosquito Swarm
Are mosquito-borne illnesses Hurricane Harvey's next threat?
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A Hill Country Hideaway at Contigo Ranch
Everything old is new again at Contigo Ranch.
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J.T. Van Zandt on the Art of Sight-Casting
The son of a Texas legend stalks the coastal shallows with the soul of an artist.
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Butterflies Versus Border Patrol
Can the National Butterfly Center in Mission stop the government from building a wall across its land?
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Saving the Cabinet Oak
Lyndon B. Johnson conducted the nation's affairs under the Cabinet Oak. But is the three-hundred-year-old tree a goner?
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Leaving A Dog in a Hot Car Can Get You in Trouble
A Manor man who left his puppy in the car in a Walmart parking lot is facing Class A misdemeanor charges.
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Gone Fishin’; Fishin’ Gone
A new documentary follows the lives of the 94 bayou folk, retirees, and reputed outlaws in the village of Uncertain.