 "Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX)")
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More Than Half of Texas' Laguna Madre Coastline Remains Undeveloped.
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Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX)
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March 15, 2004
| COPYRIGHT 2004 The Brownsville Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Byline: Elizabeth Pierson
Mar. 15--Visitors look for birds on its shoreline, take pictures along its edges and bring visitors to fish its belly.
What many of them love is that there's nothing there.
Most coastlines surrounding the Laguna Madre have remained untouched by development despite an explosion in South Texas' population and a nationwide trend toward developing coasts.
About 60 percent of the coastline along the Laguna Madre of Te...
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