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Kramer: Water grid proposal not right for Texas

Kramer: Water grid proposal not right for Texas

Posted by admin | Apr 30, 2015 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Water Planning

  Critical vote Thursday, May 7th: Many Texans find satisfaction in being different from California. But a new legislative proposal would have Texas follow the deeply flawed California model of massive and costly pumping of water all over the state. This approach...
HCA learning opportunities about the SEP HCP

HCA learning opportunities about the SEP HCP

Posted by admin | Apr 30, 2015 | Habitat Conservation Plans, News

The Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan (SEP HCP) has its share of controversy. HCA convened a successful meeting in Boerne in March to foster more understanding and as a result, a landowner gathering has been scheduled in Bandera on May 5th. Read more...
The steep costs of living so far apart from each other

The steep costs of living so far apart from each other

Posted by admin | Apr 30, 2015 | Economics of Sound Planning, News, Regional Planning

In strictly economic terms, sprawl is inefficient. Spread people out, and it takes them longer to drive where they need to go, and it costs them more in gas money to get there. Disperse a few people over a lot of land, and that land is used inefficiently, too. Then...

A Habitat Conservation Plan for the Southern Edwards Plateau

Posted by admin | Apr 30, 2015 | Habitat Conservation Plans

Bexar County and the City of San Antonio are working on a regional planning effort to balance the conservation needs of rare plants and animals with the demand for economic growth and development. This program is known as the Southern Edwards Plateau, Habitat...
Lawmakers move to speed permits and limit protests

Lawmakers move to speed permits and limit protests

Posted by admin | Apr 27, 2015 | Legislature and Regulation, News

Hill Country landowners already have very little to say about industrial projects upstream. “The bill would scale back contested-case hearings, a process that allows the public to scrutinize and challenge industrial applications for environmental permits, such as...
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