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After the storm: Legislative solutions to Texas’ water infrastructure emergency

After the storm: Legislative solutions to Texas’ water infrastructure emergency

by | May 27, 2021 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, Economics of Sound Planning, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources

My Austin apartment has always been drafty, hard to heat when it’s cold out, and hard to cool in the summer. But on February 17th, our third day without power, when I ventured into the kitchen for some bread my roommate and I could eat for breakfast, I found ice...
Hays County POSAC seeking new project submissions

Hays County POSAC seeking new project submissions

by | May 27, 2021 | Community, Conservation Easements, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty, Water Planning, Water Resources, Wildlife

The Hays County Parks and Open Space Advisory Commission (POSAC), which was created in 2020 and recently restarted, is seeking additional project submissions that would be funded by Proposition A, a Parks & Open Space Bond, approved by voters in the November...
Texas groundwater supplies are shrinking, and that’s a threat to us all

Texas groundwater supplies are shrinking, and that’s a threat to us all

by | May 26, 2021 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources

My great-grandfather founded our family’s Hill Country ranch in 1887. For nearly 100 years, spring water flowed through the seeps and creeks of our land, year-round, and almost without exception. The water began to dry up a little more than 30 years ago as more people...
Pristine streams in Texas need protection. It’s up to the state Senate to act.

Pristine streams in Texas need protection. It’s up to the state Senate to act.

by | May 21, 2021 | Community, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources

The first time I paddled the Nueces River I was blown away by the water — crystal clear, aqua colored, almost tropical. I could easily see the bottom of the river many feet below me and fish as they darted under my kayak. Fed by springs that percolate up from...