Money paid by BP and Transocean to settle criminal penalties arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has helped Texas close the largest conservation land purchase in the state's history: Just over 17,000 acres of undisturbed coastal prairie in Calhoun County for $50 million. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (the non-profit fundraising arm of the state’s parks … [Read more...] about Oil Spill Money Helps Texas Protect Coast