{"id":183146,"date":"2012-04-23T16:35:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T21:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=183146"},"modified":"2012-04-24T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T21:23:34","slug":"hutchison-introduces-upper-neches-river-wild-and-scenic-study-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=183146","title":{"rendered":"Hutchison Introduces Upper Neches River Wild and Scenic Study Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=183222\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-183222\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/04\/Kay-Bailey-Hutchison2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kay Bailey Hutchison2\" width=\"101\" height=\"130\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-183222\" \/><\/a>WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has introduced S. 2324, the Upper Neches River Wild and Scenic Study Act. The legislation requires a study to be conducted of the Neches River from the dam forming Lake Palestine in Anderson and Cherokee Counties to the B.A. Steinhagen Reservoir in Jasper and Tyler Counties, to determine which areas of the river should be eligible for a Wild and Scenic River designation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Neches River is one of Texas\u2019 most beautiful, free-flowing rivers and provides a vital habitat for fish and other aquatic animals,\u201d said Sen. Hutchison. \u201cIts location in the heart of the Central Flyway makes it a crucial path for migrating ducks, geese, and songbirds. A Wild and Scenic River designation would help preserve all these attributes.\u201d Officials say the Secretary of Agriculture and\/or the Secretary of Interior will complete the study within 3 years of passage of the legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has introduced S. 2324, the Upper Neches River Wild and Scenic Study Act. The legislation requires a study to be conducted of the Neches River from the dam forming Lake Palestine in Anderson and Cherokee Counties to the B.A. Steinhagen Reservoir in Jasper and Tyler Counties, to determine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=183146\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hutchison Introduces Upper Neches River Wild and Scenic Study Act<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 01:12:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183146"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183396,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183146\/revisions\/183396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}