by admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Wildlife
For millions of years, as pigs snorted and snuffed their way across the planet, evolving and learning to dodge gray wolves and tigers and coyotes and alligators, they were almost assuredly safe from any potential threats from the sky. Then they arrived in Texas, where...
by admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Groundwater Resources, Legislature and Regulation, News, Water Planning, Water Resources
The Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA) announced today that it has filed suit in Travis County District Court challenging the decision by the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) to issue a permit to Needmore Water, LLC to...
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Night Skies
Artificial light that floods the night sky is thought to be only an urban phenomenon. But when you adjust for population, the picture is dramatically different. The rule of thumb is that if you want to see the Milky Way, you have to venture out to the countryside....
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Legislature and Regulation, News
Federal: U.S. Senate Every state in the U.S. elects two people to represent them in the U.S. Senate, which is the upper chamber of Congress. They are elected statewide for six-year terms. Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s term is up for re-election this year. About a dozen...
by admin | Feb 17, 2020 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty
A federal judge has rejected an effort to halt construction of a pipeline that would carry natural gas from West Texas to refineries on the Texas coast. Officials from the city of Austin, Travis and Hays counties, and other local governments joined private landowners...
