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4 Document(s) [ Subject: Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program ]

• Committee:

  House Agriculture and Livestock, 75th R.S. (1997)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Agricultural subsidies | Agriculture | Boll weevils | Natural resources conservation | Rural issues | Soil and Water Conservation Board, Texas | Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program | Water conservation |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.75 ag83

  Description:

  [113 pages  File size: 5,209 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Study the vertical integration and value-added processing opportunities for Texas products.
  2. Study the implementation and effects of boll weevil eradication legislation.
  3. Monitor the implementation of federal farm legislation and report its effects on Texas.
  4. Conduct active oversight of agencies under committee's jurisdiction.

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• Committee:

  Senate Natural Resources, 70th R.S. (1987)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Aquaculture | Artificial reefs | Beaches | Coastal erosion | Coastal protection | Colonias | Cotton production | Drinking water | Environmental protection | Exotic species | Fish | Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. | Fishing | Insects | Land conservation | Natural resources conservation | Offshore structures | Property rights | Rivers | Sewer service | Solid waste disposal | Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program | Texas Open Beaches Act | Water conservation | Water rights | Water supplies |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.70 n219

  Description:

  [158 pages  File size: 5,126 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Initiate an interim study of a statewide artificial reef plan and further study various uses of abandoned oil and gas rigs. Give careful consideration to reef design, preparation, and component grouping and spacing, siting, and fisheries resource management and analyze and compare biological effectiveness, cost factors, and long-term benefits for various design options and preparation techniques.
  2. Review proposals for a protection system for Texas rivers, similar to the federal Wild and Scenic rivers program. *
  3. Study current efforts to control the boll weevil in Texas, including integrated pest management (IPM) programs. *
  4. Review the problems associated with colonias; make recommendations for legislative action to halt the growth of illegal subdivisions and to provide water and sewer service to existing developments. *
  5. Study the issues associated with aquaculture and fish farming. *
  6. Study coastal erosion; consider the advantages, disadvantages and economic impacts of beach erosion control methodologies. *
  7. Review the definitions of wetlands used by state and federal government agencies. Study the potential impact on wetlands management of the definition used in the Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory project. *

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• Committee:

  Senate Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture, 70th R.S. (1987)

  Title:

  Interim Report - Natural fiber industry

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Agriculture | Boll weevils | Cotton production | Rural economic development | Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program | Textile industry |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.70 n219fi

  Description:

  [33 pages  File size: 1,471 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Conduct a study of the means to improve the economic environment of Texas's natural fiber industry.

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• Committee:

  Senate Natural Resources Subcommittee on Agriculture, 70th R.S. (1987)

  Title:

  SR 648, 70th Leg.

  Document type:

  Supporting document

  Library Call Number:

  SR 648

  Description:

  [2 pages  File size: 397 kb]

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* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.