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Land
The Texas Hill Country region covers over 11 million acres in 17 counties of mostly privately held land.
Water
Thirteen Texas rivers begin in the Hill Country and provide water for millions of downstream neighbors.
Night Sky
The Hill Country sits on the edge of night and as development pushes westward, we are losing our view of the night sky.
Community
90% of Hill Country lands are in unincorporated areas where there is little authority to plan for growth.
Collaboration
HCA serves as the backbone organization and fiscal sponsor of the Texas Hill Country Conservation Network.
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Hill Country ‘snapshots’ captured in 2023 calendar
The 2022 winners in the "Snapshot of the Hill Country" photo contest have been chosen, and you can hang their work on your wall with a 2023 calendar. The Hill Country Alliance contest "challenged photographers to capture the fleeting beauty of life" in the region,...
119 acres of scenic Hill Country views and habitat protected forever!
Querencia is the home of landowners Deborah Elliott and Pat Davis. The name of the property is a Spanish word referring to one’s safe place, or a place from which one’s strength is drawn, where one feels at home. The place where one is their most authentic self. Since...
Texas’ plan to provide water for a growing population virtually ignores climate change
Texas’ biggest single solution to providing enough water for its soaring population in the coming decades is using more surface water, including about two dozen new large reservoirs. But climate change has made damming rivers a riskier bet. ZAPATA — This small South...
2022 Hill Country photo contest winners announced and 2023 Calendar for sale!
The Texas Hill Country is a unique region filled with diverse wildlife, clear springs, sprawling rural landscapes, historic towns, and some of the starriest night skies in the country. With a rapidly growing population and increasing development coming into the...
San Antonio’s treated sewage proving vital to river and estuaries
It’s easy to turn up your nose at what you flush down your toilet, but once the city cleans that wastewater, it can benefit the San Antonio River. Treated effluent makes up 90 percent of the flow in the river. It keeps aquatic plants and animals alive. It cools...
New project seeks ‘equitable adaptation’ of urban stormwater infrastructure, management
The National Science Foundation recently announced project awards for its Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) planning grant program, and the team led by Wendy Jepson, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute associate director and University Professor of Geography in...
Opinion: Texas has a long way to go to live up to vision of Clean Water Act
Last month the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) voted to remove what would have been a first-ever microplastics ban from its proposed Surface Water Quality Standards. The decision went against the support of numerous environmental organizations and...
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The 2022 winners in the "Snapshot of the Hill Country" photo contest have been chosen, and you can hang their work on your wall with a 2023 calendar.
Recent rain makes insignificant impact on South-Central Texas drought
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Despite recent rainfall, drought conditions aren't expected to improve any time soon in South-Central Texas. Here's why.
Comal residents continue to oppose quarry - San Antonio Express, 11/15/2022
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Comal County community members are contesting an air quality permit for a proposed 1,500-acre limestone quarry between New Braunfels and Bulverde, arguing that the quarry is harmful for human health a...
A public hearing on mandatory #groundwater restrictions for permitted wells in #Burnet County is in the works. http://ow.ly/75J450LKash
.@Mitchfound encourages you to learn more about how concrete plants spew pollutants into mostly low-income areas and what Texans and Texas policymakers are attempting to do about it. http://tinyurl.com/2ys6jjxd @airallianceHOU @NewsHCA @TramTexas @TexasTribune #SustainableSolutions
More great coverage of the 2022 Hill Country #PhotoContest - thank you @101FunHL for the feature! This year's winning photos spotlight our region's beautiful & fragile wildlife, waters, and starry night skies.
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