Posted by admin | Oct 31, 2015 | News, Transmission Lines & Wind Farms
“Texas is growing and changing,” said Greg Simons, president of the Texas Wildlife Association (TWA). “More people mean more demands for all types of infrastructure – roads, transmission lines, pipelines, reservoirs, schools and on and on. It all has to go somewhere....
Posted by admin | Oct 29, 2015 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News
The LWCF does a lot more than buy inholdings. Roughly half of it goes to providing conservation easements on private land, conserving privately owned timberlands, developing urban parks and ball fields, and funding endangered species projects on non-federal lands....
Posted by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Groundwater Resources, News, Vista Ridge Pipeline, Water Conservation, Water Planning
The $3.4 billion Vista Ridge water pipeline, water conservation, the Nov. 19 City Council vote on a new rate increase and structure that will result in reduced bills for low usage and higher bills for big water users dominated the conversation at the San Antonio Clean...
Posted by admin | Oct 26, 2015 | News, Regional Planning
San Antonio is expected to gain 1 million people by 2040 and the City is planning to annex 66 square miles of commercial and residential areas. What should the city prioritize as it grows? Without pause, Christine Drennon, head of Trinity University‘s Urban...
Posted by admin | Oct 26, 2015 | News, Wildlife
In July, Chronic Wasting Disease was detected in a white-tailed deer in Medina County, Texas. This disease, first discovered in 1967 in Colorado, affects the nervous systems of white-tailed and mule deer, elk, moose, and red deer. For the first time, the disease was...
