Happy Trail
Houston-area's newest trail opens with blossoming plans for the future
Steven Devadanam
Jun 3, 2018, 11:21 am
The Spring Creek Nature Trail is the beneficiary of a national grant. Courtesy Photo
This story originally appeared on CultureMap/Houston.
Houston-area hikers can look forward to a smoother path, thanks to recent national grant. The endowment will help build additional bridges along the Spring Creek Nature Trail, a 13-mile unpaved natural surface trail located in The Woodlands.
The funds come just as the Spring Creek Nature Trail opened to the public on June 1 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The trail runs through Montgomery and Harris County, following the contours of Spring Creek.
The Bayou Land Conservancy — which works to conserve land and protect Lake Houston — is one of nine non-profit organizations across the country to receive a trail grant from the American Hiking Society (and charter sponsor L.L. Bean). The goal of the project is to construct and anchor a boardwalk that can be utilized by multiple groups. The conservancy will engage trail volunteers in the design and build of the boardwalk.
“Building boardwalks on the trail will prevent rutting, soil compaction, and degradation of wetland habitat resulting from trail traffic,” said Jill Boullion, Executive Director of the conservancy, in a statement. “This is a low-impact solution so that trail users can experience Houston’s forested wetlands without impacting them ecologically.”
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
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Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.