by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Economics of Sound Planning, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Transportation Planning
Once upon a time, Portland held itself out as a national example of how to build cities that didn’t revolve (so much) around the private automobile. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, it recognized that building more freeways just generated more traffic, and it tore out one...
by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Texas’ rivers are iconic. The groundwater that sustains them is invisible. We see the dichotomy in state law. Naturally flowing water in rivers and streams is owned by the state and held in trust for the public good. That’s because we can see that water and what it...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Economics of Sound Planning, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Transportation Planning
Your time is now to comment on Hays County’s Transportation Plan update, which has been in development since the summer. Virtual Open House Round 2 and public input survey (due by Feb. 7) are available online: https://www.haystransportationplan.com/open-house-2 A...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty
In 2019, a city environmental plans examiner emailed then-state Rep. Roland Gutierrez to inform him he had violated San Antonio’s tree preservation ordinance by chopping down a large heritage oak without a permit on a lot he was developing. “There will be a work...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Aggregate Production Operations, Economics of Sound Planning, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty
Hill Country Alliance – Community Program Note: The Hill Country Alliance is an active member of the Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM) coalition. Quarries, gravel mines, sand mines, and concrete batch plants are increasingly posing significant...
by admin | Jan 14, 2021 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
Can one of the fastest-developing regions in the country prioritize conservation? That’s the hope of the ambitious Great Springs Project, which has inched a little closer to realizing its goal of a national parklike trail connecting two of Texas’ most...
