Posted by admin | Aug 23, 2019 | County Authority, Habitat Conservation Plans, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty, Wildlife
Local opponents of the Permian Highway pipeline have taken a second major legal action to try to push the company developing the project into conducting a full and public environmental review. Hays County, Travis Audubon Society and several private plaintiffs filed a...
Posted by admin | Aug 22, 2019 | News, Night Skies, Scenic Beauty
Wednesday (Aug. 21) marked the two-year anniversary of the Great American Solar Eclipse, and if you are eager to view the next celestial sensation to cross the North American skies, get ready for another eclipse treat on April 8, 2024. According to a study led by...
Posted by admin | Aug 21, 2019 | County Authority, News, Planning and Development, Water Quality, Water Resources
Just outside of Austin, where the Pedernales River winds lazily through the Hill Country before pouring into the Colorado, a series of parks and preserves showcase and protect large swaths of rugged Texas wilderness. The Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center harbors a...
Posted by admin | Aug 21, 2019 | Ecosystem Services, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News
Herff Cornelius and his family have ranched in the Texas Gulf Coast for five generations, four in Matagorda County, but he is struggling to keep the tradition going. Growing up, he was one of nine siblings. Even though he was the only boy, his sisters did as much on...
Posted by admin | Aug 21, 2019 | News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
A court-appointed panel has awarded a total of more than $3 million to four landowners caught up in condemnation proceedings with Kinder Morgan over the proposed Permian Highway Pipeline. The awards, the largest of which was $1.3 million, paint a stark contrast to...
