by admin | Mar 13, 2019 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Water Resources
The new study, produced by Siglo Group in partnership with the Texas Land Trust Council, quantifies the value of lands and conservation easements that have been conserved by or with assistance from the Texas land trust community. Values for benefits provided by...
by admin | Mar 11, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Riparian Management, Water Resources
An effort to restore Sandy Creek has taken root in Llano County. About 25 landowners, conservationists and other volunteers attended the Sandy Creek Riparian Restoration Field Day March 2 on private property (County Road 316) adjacent to Sandy Creek to assess land and...
by admin | Mar 1, 2019 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Quality
Gary Puryear said he did not know much about nature conservation when he inherited his father’s 423-acre ranch near Hamilton Pool Road in Western Travis County. Members of his family had owned and lived on the working ranch since 1880, and Puryear said the emotion of...
by admin | Feb 26, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News
The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping public lands conservation bill, designating more than one million acres of wilderness for environmental protection and permanently reauthorizing a federal program to pay for conservation measures. The Senate voted 92 to 8 in...
by admin | Feb 19, 2019 | Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Water Resources
The Texas Land Trends project of Texas A&M’s Natural Resources Institute, or NRI, has published a special series report describing Texas landowner participation in land conservation easements and their value to agricultural production, water and wildlife. About 83...
by admin | Feb 13, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News
Boerne, TX – Carolyn Chipman Evans, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Cibolo Nature Center & Farm (CNC&F) in Boerne, is a recipient of the 2019 Texas Women in Conservation Terry Hershey Award presented by Audubon Texas. Evans will receive the...
