by admin | Feb 26, 2020 | Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Too often in recent months, the discussion over Edwards Aquifer protection and improving transit was framed as an either/or proposition. Either San Antonio could improve transit, or it could continue to fund aquifer protection. Such a limited view always struck us as...
by admin | Feb 26, 2020 | Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
As city officials try to get massive transportation plans moving, they are pushing a new plan to continue funding the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program. In a presentation to council members on Wednesday, city staff recommended keeping the EAPP under the city’s...
by admin | Jan 29, 2020 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Resources, Wildlife
On Friday, February 21, the Comal County Conservation Alliance and partners will host a landowner workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Anhalt Dance Hall, 2390 Anhalt Road, Spring Branch, TX 78070. The one-day workshop will highlight conservation easements and...
by admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources, Wildlife
The Nature Conservancy has acquired a conservation easement on 1,640 acres owned by landowner Gary Krause, preserving its unique natural features for future generations, according to a news release. The easement was funded in part by the Agricultural Conservation...
by admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Cedar/Brush Management, Conservation Easements, Drought, Economics of Sound Planning, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty, Water Resources
All it will take for Central Texas to become the next area engulfed by catastrophic wildfires like those seen in Australia is a dry spring and summer, an errant flame and sustained winds. Travis County fire officials say the likelihood of such a megafire event is just...
by admin | Jan 27, 2020 | Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, 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 Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Since 2000, San Antonians have voted every five years to dedicate a portion of our sales taxes to the Edwards Aquifer Protection Program, or EAPP. Residents are rightfully proud of a program recognized internationally as an elegant solution to protecting our primary... 
