Tuesday Feb 7 | The Galveston County Daily News
National recreation area on the coast makes sense
Late last year, Houston businessman John L. Nau III and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III formed a steering committee to study a proposal to create a national recreation area on the Texas Coast.
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to add Matagorda County to the list of Texas' smog violators because Gulf breezes that blow through the area send air pollution toward the sprawling metropolis.
Winds gusted over 25 knots from the west, northwest for most of the day. Tides and water temps dropped.
Fisheries holding its own this winterSaturday
The latest cold front aside, winter has been on the mild side. Expect fish to hang on the edge of dropoffs as tides and temperatures fluctuate.