By Tara Bozick, Victoria Advocate, Texas Mar. 3--SEADRIFT --Dudley Garrett looks across at where discharge from a wastewater treatment plant might flow.

By Tara Bozick, Victoria Advocate, Texas Nov. 25--WELDER FLATS --While a luxury housing development around whooping crane habitat awaits approval, efforts continue to secure more land for the endangered species. The U.S.

Estimates that a record 250-plus endangered whooping cranes are expected to begin their annual autumn migration to the Texas coast usually would be cause for celebration among backers of the big birds.

By Mark Babineck, Houston Chronicle Sep. 10--Bill Ball has a vision for his bayfront pasture. He sees new homes, wide canals teeming with pleasure boats and fresh economic development for a slice of coastal Texas. Across the road, Dan Cervenka also has a vision.

By ERICA MELTZER For now, doubling up on routes or using other workers The Tucson Unified School District has put office workers, computer specialists and dispatchers behind the wheel to keep its school buses running on schedule until it can hire enough drivers.