BRIT Hopes To Solve World Problems Through Plants

05/22/11 This past weekend the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, BRIT, officially opened its new environmentally "green" campus in Fort Worth's Cultural District. The scientists working there say they now have room to expand one of the country's largest plant collections and help solve global problems, as KERA's Shelley Kofler reports.

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Native Americans Gather For Ceremony Naming White Buffalo Calf

06/30/11 Native Americans from the country across traveled to a ranch near Greenville Wednesday for the ceremonial naming of a white buffalo calf. KERA's Shelley Kofler has more on the importance of Lightening Medicine Cloud's birth.

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Group Wants Gas Drillers To Share Water Restrictions

07/13/11 The district providing water to Fort Worth says it may have to implement mandatory water restrictions by the end of next month. One citizen group says if residential customers are forced to restrict water use gas drillers should be restricted, too, as KERA's Shelley Kofler reports.

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