Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 4, 2024 | Aggregate Production Operations, News
Months after Garden Ridge officials shot down a plans for a controversial concrete plant, the plant’s owners have quietly picked a new site for it — one that’s less than half a mile away, but is outside the Comal County city’s jurisdiction. Read more from Liz Teitz...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 4, 2024 | HCA in the News, News, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
New plan aims to protect Hill Country’s natural resources The Hill Country Land, Water, Sky and Natural Infrastructure Plan, released by the Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, or THCCN, is a plan to protect natural infrastructure that brings environmental,...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 1, 2024 | Drought, Linked Stories, News, Water Conservation, Water Resources
The irony was not lost on David Way. While he methodically worked to save an oak tree in his front yard by using a soaker hose on his designated watering day, water, on a few occasions, was gushing from a water tower just feet away from his western Travis County home....
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Dec 6, 2023 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, Native Landscapes, News
In the spirit of passing the torch, I am delighted to inform you that the Hill Country Land Trust has successfully completed a three-year process of transitioning its 19 protected properties, totaling 8,010 acres, to the capable hands of Texas Land Conservancy (TLC)....
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Dec 6, 2023 | Community, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Linked Stories, News, Pedernales River Basin, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
Aquifers, rivers need high consideration along with growth. “Everyone is concerned about the explosion of growth”, said Paul Tybor, General Manager of the Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District. Read more from Katherine Peake in the Fredericksburg...