by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 27, 2022 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Hill Country water advocates from across the region gathered in Bandera, TX on October 13th for a day of learning, connecting, and strategizing for water stewardship in our region. “The work to protect our aquifers and rivers is challenging but vital to the long-term... by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 26, 2022 | HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Scenic Beauty, Water Resources
As we learn more about living mutualistically with nature, we find an increasing number of things in our lives that we need to change. In the 1960s, for example, the world learned about CFCs in hairspray and what those chemicals were doing to our ozone layer. So, in... by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 26, 2022 | Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the Pedernales River springs salamander will undergo status reviews to be put on the federal endangered species list. The Pedernales River springs salamander was discovered in 2019 by researchers at The University of... by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 26, 2022 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The way Geeta Persad sees it, the nation’s great coastal cities are facing an environmental reckoning with threats from both the air and the sea. In the air, there is the belching, toxic exhaust from factories, petrochemical facilities, sewage treatment plants and... by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 26, 2022 | Drought, Economics of Sound Planning, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and scientists from the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) are studying water deep underground to further understand how drought and pumping affect the quality and quantity of groundwater that flows...
