This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

ODESSA, Texas — For retired pastor Columbus Cooper ... One of his parcels borders Lake Boehmer, a 60-acre spill bubbling from an abandoned oil-turned-water well: powder blue, dead tree stumps ...

Anglers are enjoying the first full spring of fishing at Bois d’ Arc Lake in Fannin County. A few have already found the big ...