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Wednesday, March 02, 2011  Swooping in with wings extending out ward some six feet, the great blue herons are an impressive sight as they soar to their nesting colony on Green Island in the Lower Laguna Madre.

Monday, February 07, 2011  The recent freezing weather that coated the lower Valley in ice Friday morning and left road signs and brush strung with icicles took a deadly toll on fish and sea turtles in the Lower Laguna Madre that Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists are just beginning to assess.

Monday, December 06, 2010  A suspected infestation of red imported fire ants on the important nesting site Green Island in the Lower Laguna Madre recently brought a team of scientists from the Texas AgriLife Extension Service to the Audubon Society protected island.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Green Island is the most important nesting sanctuary in the Lower Laguna Madre. Nature Reporter  Richard Moore is wrapping up work on a documentary on the historic island. Here's a special preview of the "Birds of Green Island" set to the music of Mario Aleman from Weslaco.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010  Isla Verde or Green Island as it is known in English is an oasis of lush and thorny habitat in the Lower Laguna Madre.

Monday, August 09, 2010  Eventually, all the floodwater draining into the Rio Grande flows into the Lower Laguna Madre and Gulf of Mexico.

Monday, July 26, 2010  Record flooding has persisted for more than a week throughout much of the Rio Grande Valley as a result of torrential rains in northern Mexico following the landfall of hurricane Alex.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  The Lower Laguna Madre makes a perfect place for a family fishing trip.

Monday, July 05, 2010  Hurricane Alex skirted the Valley, making landfall some 100 miles south, but the exceptionally high tides associated with the storm caused considerable loss of life to shorebirds nesting on spoil islands in the Lower Laguna Madre.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010  It is first light and the wading pool is already teeming with waterbirds.

Monday, May 31, 2010  Imagine the thrill of catching a tagged redfish and winning a $70,000 prize.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  It is peak nesting season for shorebirds in the Lower Laguna Madre, and while Green Island is of paramount importance, there are several other smaller islands under Audubon's protection that provide valuable nesting sites.