Grant from oil rig explosion awarded to Laguna Atascosa Refuge

Cameron County’s Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is getting a big grant courtesy of the Deepwater Horizon settlement.  The Bahia Grande unit of the refuge is getting five-point-six-million-dollars for two separate projects.  Part of the grant will fund the design and construction of breakwaters to protect three islands where birds nest in the refuge.  The […]