by admin | May 8, 2015 | Land Stewardship, News, Pedernales River Basin
This month HCA sent out its first Pedernales Newsletter- a compilation of news, events and partner spotlights geared specifically to the residents and landowners of the Pedernales River Basin. Modeled after the weekly Watershed in Review newsletter produced by the...
by admin | May 7, 2015 | Land Stewardship, News
2015 Regional Winners To Be Honored for their Conservation Contributions AUSTIN— The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) honors the conservation contributions of private landowners each year with its Lone Star Land Steward Award. This year, seven winners...
by admin | May 6, 2015 | Legislature and Regulation, News
Those of you who have been keeping up with efforts to put restrictions on Electro Purification’s pumping of water from an unregulated area of the Trinity Aquifer in Hays County will be pleased to know that a proposed legislative solution took an important step forward...
by admin | May 6, 2015 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Public Lands
Good news from Representative Larson’s recent capitol update: Last week, HB 158 passed the House by a vote of 138-1. The bill is now headed for the Senate. Since 1993, a portion of the sales tax revenue generated by sporting goods has been statutorily allocated to...
by admin | May 5, 2015 | Legislature and Regulation, News
On April 13th, the Texas House of Representatives Committee on Land and Resource Management heard House Bills 3620and 3621, authored by State Representative Jason Isaac of Dripping Springs. In a maneuver likely designed to avoid heated debate over his bills, which...