Publication Date
3-2024
The City of Houston’s Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD) created a first-of-its-kind Nature Preserve Ordinance to protect existing natural habitat within 26 parks totaling 7,423 acres of land. The purpose of this ordinance is to preserve and protect, in perpetuity, city-owned natural areas by regulating public use and development of these lands. The policy protects threatened ecosystems, important water resources, and locally rare plant and wildlife populations.
Recommended Citation
Ondracek, Kelli and Kempt, Cassidy
(2024)
"City of Houston Nature Preserve Ordinance,"
Cities and the Environment (CATE):
Vol. 13:
Iss.
1, Article 36.
DOI: 10.15365/cate.2020.1336
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol13/iss1/36
DOI
10.15365/cate.2020.1336
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