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Big Brown Power Plant 1971
Taken Dec. 17, 1971 as Unit 1 is days away from generating power for ERCOT. Unit 2 is under construction.
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Uploaded on Dec 20, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Usually in bloom during the spring and summer, the pitcher plants are currently dormant, making them easier to transplant.
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Part of a state-wide conservation concern due to the scarcity of natural bog habitat, each pitcher...
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
With help from Katy Hammon (bottom right), Girl Scouts volunteer and retired research scientist,...
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Once the plants arrived at the camp, Luminant and Girl Scout volunteers transported them in wheel barrows to the bog.
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Big Brown Plant and Turlington Mine’s environmental team carefully studies the plants and their root systems.
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
It’s a pitcher plant close-up! Jared Birkhead, environmental specialist, shows off the carniverous plant’s “pitcher,” which is used to catch insects.
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
With careful attention to detail, the team uses a backhoe to scoop the plants out of the ground.
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Volunteers loaded hundreds of plants onto two flatbed trailers to help restore Camp Bette Perot’s bog site.
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Jared, and fellow volunteers, transport the rare plants one-by-one to flatbed trailers for relocation to their new home.
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Maggie Bonds, environmental specialist, points out the rare plants to fellow volunteers.
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
Luminant Donates Rare Plants to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas
Luminant employee volunteers begin the pitcher plant relocation project by scouting plants for the...
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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2011
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Fire brigade members assess the fire before taking action.
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Uploaded on Oct 31, 2011
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Working as a team, with a back-up team ready to pitch in, they get started.
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Uploaded on Oct 31, 2011
