by admin | Aug 21, 2021 | Community, County Authority, Hill Country Tourism, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning
In the not-too-distant past, motorists driving along a stretch of Interstate 35 just northeast of San Antonio were met with vast fields of wildflowers and grazing cows in grassy pastures. Today, the cattle are gone, replaced with clusters of sleek apartments, gated...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty, Water Conservation, Water Quality, Water Resources
Growing up in Sandia Pueblo, on the banks of the Río Grande in New Mexico, Julia Bernal heard tales about the world of her ancestors. Elders told her that the area was home to diverse flora and fauna, the likes of which she had never seen. The river used to overflow...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning
On September 8, Wiley & Sons will release the second book in the Strong Towns series: Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: A Strong Towns Approach to Transportation. Chapter five is about building great streets and how it is essential, if we want places that are...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Legislature and Regulation, News
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $167 million in 12 states to deploy broadband infrastructure (PDF, 360 KB) in rural areas without sufficient access to high-speed internet....
by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | Conservation Easements, County Authority, Drought, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The days for much of the water-thirsty grass in the drought-stricken Las Vegas Valley are numbered. Nearly one-third of all of the grass in Southern Nevada will need to be removed by the end of 2026 under a new bill signed into law by Gov. Steve Sisolak Friday, a...
