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After Error, Hays County Groundwater Bill is Revived

After Error, Hays County Groundwater Bill is Revived

Posted by admin | May 29, 2015 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News

A bill designed to protect western Hays County residents’ water wells in light of a massive groundwater pumping project is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk —following an emotional week of political drama over an issue once considered local and relatively...
Legislative victory for Texas’ working lands

Legislative victory for Texas’ working lands

Posted by admin | May 29, 2015 | Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News

Texas Agricultural Land Trust: HB1925, authored by Representative Charlie Geren, will move the Texas Farm & Ranch Lands Conservation Program to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD). TPWD is well-suited to ensure that the program meets its purpose,...
A Scientist who Modeled Texas’s Blanco River in 2007 Probes for Lessons After the Deadly Flash Flood

A Scientist who Modeled Texas’s Blanco River in 2007 Probes for Lessons After the Deadly Flash Flood

Posted by admin | May 29, 2015 | News

As news spread of the devastating and deadly flooding west of Austin, Tex., last weekend (followed by so much more), I started exploring what’s known about flood risks along the Blanco River and other waterways in Texas’s “Flash Flood Alley.” I came across a 2007...
Tussle in Legislature over Hueco Tanks, Hays County water

Tussle in Legislature over Hueco Tanks, Hays County water

Posted by admin | May 29, 2015 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News

Residents of flood-ravaged Hays County were furious Tuesday that State Rep. Mary González used a legislative maneuver in an attempt to kill a local bill they say will protect their wells. In calls and emails, several asked why a lawmaker whose district is 500 miles...

Cibolo Nature Center & Farm awarded REI grant to expand access to natural places in Texas

Posted by admin | May 28, 2015 | News, Public Lands

The Cibolo Nature Center & Farm was awarded a $10,000 grant from specialty outdoor retailer REI for recreational trail improvements to increase public access to wild, open places in Texas, executive director Carolyn Chipman Evans said Thursday. “We are honored to...
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