Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 27, 2023 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News
Bill Neiman has performed as keynote speaker at over 100 events for like-minded naturalist people around the state of Texas. His topic is his passion — sustainable native grass prairies, clean rivers, rainwater harvesting, and harnessing the energy of the sun for the...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 19, 2023 | Community, Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development
Hays County has acquired Purgatory Creek Nature Preserve, a 1,068-acre conservation easement that will permanently protect and preserve the land from future development. This easement was proposed and sponsored by the Hill Country Conservancy (HCC) to be funded...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 3, 2023 | Conservation Easements, Drought, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
The Edwards Aquifer, source of Comal Springs, is recognized as one of the most prolific karst aquifer systems in the world. Storm water enters and travels through the system with amazing speed, allowing for rapid recharge of this elegant water source. However, this...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Dec 1, 2022 | HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Native Landscapes, News
Have you heard? There’s a whole world of life in the soil beneath your boots. News about the benefits of soil health is everywhere and agricultural producers across Texas are taking notice. Healthy soils lead to clean air and water, bountiful crops and forests,...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Nov 3, 2022 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News
Querencia is the home of landowners Deborah Elliott and Pat Davis. The name of the property is a Spanish word referring to one’s safe place, or a place from which one’s strength is drawn, where one feels at home. The place where one is their most authentic self. Since...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 26, 2022 | HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Scenic Beauty, Water Resources
As we learn more about living mutualistically with nature, we find an increasing number of things in our lives that we need to change. In the 1960s, for example, the world learned about CFCs in hairspray and what those chemicals were doing to our ozone layer. So, in...
