Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Apr 4, 2022 | Community, Economics of Sound Planning, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Transportation Planning, Uncategorized, Water Planning
Editorial by Francine Romero, University of Texas at San Antonio After visiting Gruene recently and encountering the explosion of new housing developments along the old rural roads leading to downtown, I was further disheartened to read that 252 duplex units on 22...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 31, 2022 | Ecosystem Services, Habitat Conservation Plans, HCA in the News, Planning and Development, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Uncategorized
As the new State of the Hill Country Report illustrates, the Hill Country population has increased by 50% since 1990, with most of this growth occurring along the I-35 corridor. The fastest growing counties are Hays County with 195% growth, and both Comal and Kendall...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 30, 2022 | Economics of Sound Planning, Ecosystem Services, Habitat Conservation Plans, HCA in the News, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
Deep in the heart of Texas, the traffic is backed up for almost a mile. It’s a jarring sight for long-time residents of the Hill Country, a rural oasis of scrubby green hills, crystalline water, and bright white limestone west of Austin and San Antonio. But it’s not...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 29, 2022 | Conservation Easements, Ecosystem Services, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
Editorial by Frank Davis, Hill Country Conservancy Anyone who is familiar with the natural areas of the Texas Hill Country will attest to their beauty and wondrous nature. Crystal clear spring-fed streams, steep canyons and bluffs, majestic forests, and...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 25, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape, Cedar/Brush Management, Events, HCA in the News, Hill Country Tourism, News, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
Booming population growth and sprawling development, groundwater depletion, changing climate patterns, extreme droughts and floods, and a unique set of policy challenges threaten the natural resources that define the Hill County region—resources on which millions of...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 25, 2022 | Landowner Alliances, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Native Landscapes, News, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
The Hill Country Conservation Network developed a set of matrices to examine the current state of conservation and growth in the Hilll Country. Photo provided by Hill Country Conservation Network Read more from San Marcos Daily Records here.
