Texas restoration could be model for Gulf

07/01/11 A brown pelican flies Tuesday near a colonial waterbird nesting site along the Houston Ship Channel, in Baytown, Texas.

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Texas wetland restoration could be model for Gulf

06/30/11 In this Tuesday, June 28, 2011 photo, egrets are shown at a colonial waterbird nesting site as a refinery stands in the background along the Houston Ship Channel, in Baytown, Texas. The island is part of a project to restore lost wetlands and islands off the Texas coast.

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Texas wetland restoration could be model for Gulf Coast

07/01/11 Brown pelicans, long-necked egrets, flamingo-like roseate spoonbills and squawking seagulls fly lazily around a Texas Gulf Coast island. Nearby, a toddler-aged wetland seeded with marsh grass completes the ecosystem, its thousands of inhabitants unaware their home is a manmade creation dredged from the Houston Ship Channel.

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