by admin | Jan 28, 2019 | News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
Before the next Hurricane Harvey strikes and thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed, some Texas lawmakers want to make sure communities statewide are better prepared for floods. On Tuesday, state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, filed legislation to establish...
by admin | Jan 28, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines
A byproduct of the booming Texas economy and energy sector — the increasing number of pipelines and transmission lines crisscrossing the state — has left many property owners at the mercy of private companies that have authority to condemn land, two state...
by admin | Jan 28, 2019 | News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
Pipeline company says rerouting around Gillespie not an option Kinder Morgan, the pipeline company looking to cross Gillespie County and the Hill Country, will host a public meeting from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. The open house...
by admin | Jan 28, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News
In 2009 the Bureau of Land Management published a series of surveys in the Federal Register that laid claim to small strips of land between the medial line of the Red River—the invisible line down the middle of the waterway that constitutes the border between Texas...
by admin | Jan 27, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
As the long-term effects of climate change impacts natural resources, one study says it might also dig into the pocketbooks of energy consumers. With energy costs rising due to rising global temperatures, more entities are turning to renewable technologies to help...
