by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 9, 2024 | Community, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Water Resources
Written by Michael Hawkins, The Comfort News – republished with permission. The Summit has become a must-attend event for Deborah and I because of its unwavering focus on what people and organizations are getting right in the work they’re doing to preserve the... by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 25, 2024 | HCA in the News, Land Stewardship, Linked Stories, News, Wildlife
Restoring land in the Hill Country is no easy task. In many places, there’s a scarcity of topsoil and an excess of native and exotic, non-native deer species impacting the vegetation. There are also the feral hogs, searing droughts, destructive floods, and the... by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 25, 2024 | Community, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Linked Stories, News
The public is invited to attend a talk sponsored by the Hill Country Chapter, Texas Master Naturalists in Kerrville on Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. featuring Daniel Oppenheimer, land program director at the Hill Country Alliance. Oppenheimer will be presenting “Land Stewardship... by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 1, 2024 | Community, Hill Country Tourism, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Linked Stories, News, Night Skies
DarkSky International officially certified Shield Ranch Barton Creek as an Urban Night Sky Place (UNSP). Shield Ranch joins three neighboring designated International Dark Sky Places; Dripping Springs and Bee Cave, Texas – both International Dark Sky Communities – and... by Leah Cuddeback | May 24, 2024 | Community, Conservation Easements, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Linked Stories, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning
Under a new conservation easement, held by the Edwards Aquifer Conservancy, Moore and Dischinger have guaranteed that the land will remain as it is in perpetuity, preventing it from being turned into more suburban sprawl. The agreement also protects vital acres on the... by Leah Cuddeback | May 24, 2024 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Linked Stories, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Wildlife
The $90 million purchase, the largest amount for a buy in Travis County Parks’ history, was made possible by voters’ approval last November of a $276 million bond for parks and land acquisition, as well as the decision by Scott’s mother, Nadya Scott, to donate roughly...
