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An Environmental Guide for Texas Automotive Repair Shops (open access)

An Environmental Guide for Texas Automotive Repair Shops

Booklet for Texas automotive repair shops that contains information regarding pollution standards pertinent to this industry, such as vehicle exhaust, hazardous waste storage, and waste disposal.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas in the Civil War: stories of sacrifice, valor and hope (open access)

Texas in the Civil War: stories of sacrifice, valor and hope

This booklet provides a brief history of Texas involvement in the Civil War and outlines various sites throughout the state that were important to the war, or that provide related information to tourists.
Date: 2002
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tex and Dot: Water Quality Coloring & Activity Book (open access)

Tex and Dot: Water Quality Coloring & Activity Book

Book containing coloring pages and activities (with answers at the end) educating children about water quality and how to keep Texas' waters clean.
Date: August 2000
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Parks and Wildlife Programs & Recreation Opportunities (open access)

Texas Parks and Wildlife Programs & Recreation Opportunities

This booklet provides information about "special events, classes, volunteer opportunities and award-winning news and leisure programs" held by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (1 p.)
Date: August 2001
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teacher Retirement System Goes Social : Look Inside To See How You Can Get Connected... (open access)

Teacher Retirement System Goes Social : Look Inside To See How You Can Get Connected...

This document discusses social media as it relates to connecting with the teacher retirement system of Texas.
Date: [2006..2009]
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Landscape Irrigation Program: Implementation (open access)

Landscape Irrigation Program: Implementation

This report discusses the implementation of Texas House Bill 1656 which requires municipalities with a population of 20,000 or more to adopt landscape irrigation ordinances.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Compliance Support Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forage Quality and Quantity in Texas : Managing Nutrition in Range Beef Cattle (open access)

Forage Quality and Quantity in Texas : Managing Nutrition in Range Beef Cattle

This document "discusses the forage quality trends in various regions of Texas, tools to analyze the nutritional environment of cattle and differentiate between forage quality and availability problems, and nutritional management strategies" (p. 1).
Date: September 2002
Creator: Lyons, Robert K.; Machen, Rick & Stuth, Jerry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Outdoor Burning: A Guide for Local Governments (open access)

Outdoor Burning: A Guide for Local Governments

Document providing information on outdoor burning for local governments. It summarizes state and federal regulations, kinds of outdoor burning, and alternatives to burning waste.
Date: May 2005
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Welcome to MyTRS (open access)

Welcome to MyTRS

This document discusses the online portal to the teacher retirement system of Texas called MyTRS that allows members to view account information, obtain retirement estimates, sign up for e-mail subscriptions, print copies of important documents, and much more. (p. 2)
Date: [2006-03..2014-12]
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Poison Center Network Poison Prevention Activity Book (open access)

The Texas Poison Center Network Poison Prevention Activity Book

This document provides information about poison prevention in the form of a children's activity book in order to promote interaction with the entire family and make the "house safer from poisons" (p. 7).
Date: August 2003
Creator: Goodman, Marlene K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Backyard Birds in Texas (open access)

Backyard Birds in Texas

Booklet providing sketches and brief summaries about common birds that may be seen in Texas backyards. It also has general information about record keeping, identification, conservation issues, and additional resources for birdwatching.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Klym, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report 368: Groundwater Resource Evaluation and Availability Model of the Gulf Coast Aquifer in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Erratum (open access)

Report 368: Groundwater Resource Evaluation and Availability Model of the Gulf Coast Aquifer in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Erratum

A note on a title page error for report 368.
Date: [2007..2015]
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Teen Pregnancy Fact Sheet: 1999 (open access)

Texas Teen Pregnancy Fact Sheet: 1999

This document provides information on the rates of teenage pregnancies in Texas during 1999.
Date: February 20, 2002
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Introducing Finger Foods to Your Child (open access)

Introducing Finger Foods to Your Child

Self-paced lesson from the Texas Department of State Health Services serving as a guide to introducing finger foods and nutrition to your child.
Date: August 2004
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food, Friends & Fun (open access)

Food, Friends & Fun

This booklet provides information about the summer food service program offered by the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Date: [2007-01-04..2014-11-16]
Creator: Texas. Department of Agriculture.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Teen Pregnancy Fact Sheet: 1998 (open access)

Texas Teen Pregnancy Fact Sheet: 1998

This document provides information on the rates of teenage pregnancies in Texas during 1998.
Date: March 5, 2001
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electronic tax reporting using EDI (open access)

Electronic tax reporting using EDI

This document provides information on how to use the Electronic Data Interchange and a detailed explanation of it's policy and procedures.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recommended Modifications to the Child Meal Pattern (open access)

Recommended Modifications to the Child Meal Pattern

This document provides information on the minor changes in the child care meal patterns that comply with the 2005 dietary guidelines for Americans.
Date: [2007..2014]
Creator: Texas. Department of Agriculture.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Wittliff Collections (open access)

The Wittliff Collections

Booklet describing exhibits maintained by the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos. The holdings include materials that are part of the Southwestern Writers Collection and the Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection.
Date: [2009..2015]
Creator: Albert B. Alkek Library
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Texas Requirements For Entry of Livestock (Domestic and Exotic), Poultry and Ratites Into the State and into Shows, Fairs, Exhibitions, and Assemblies (open access)

Summary of Texas Requirements For Entry of Livestock (Domestic and Exotic), Poultry and Ratites Into the State and into Shows, Fairs, Exhibitions, and Assemblies

Summarized laws and regulations related to livestock entering the state of Texas or livestock entries into various fairs and exhibitions. Regulations include quarantine procedures, veterinary inspections, permits, laws related to livestock from other states or from foreign countries, and other related information.
Date: January 5, 2004
Creator: Texas Animal Health Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutrition is fun. Eat Up. (open access)

Nutrition is fun. Eat Up.

This pamphlet provides information on healthy eating habits and getting kids to eat healthy.
Date: [2007-01..2014-11]
Creator: NutriGram
System: The Portal to Texas History
TRS goes social (open access)

TRS goes social

"TRS is committed to communicating with our members and retirees in ways that are most convenient for them. We recognize that a growing number of members and retirees are turning to social media to get news and share information online-whether through a home computer or mobile device such as a laptop, tablet or smart phone."
Date: [2006..2009]
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Public School Statistics, Pocket Edition: 1999-2000 (open access)

Texas Public School Statistics, Pocket Edition: 1999-2000

Folding card containing summarized statistics about Texas public schools including organization, enrollment, graduates and dropouts, TAAS performance, other student performance, accountability ratings, personnel, and finances, as well as members of the State Board of Education during the year 1999-2000.
Date: February 2001
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Performance Reporting.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Public School Statistics, Pocket Edition: 2000-2001 (open access)

Texas Public School Statistics, Pocket Edition: 2000-2001

Folding card containing summarized statistics about Texas public schools including organization, enrollment, graduates and dropouts, TAAS performance, other student performance, accountability ratings, personnel, and finances, as well as members of the State Board of Education during the year 2000-01.
Date: November 2001
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Performance Reporting.
System: The Portal to Texas History