by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Community, Economics of Sound Planning, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
LoneHollow Ranch, a camp in the Vanderpool area owned by Young Life, a Colorado-based Christian organization, recently announced they will be withdrawing their wastewater discharge permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and moving forward...
by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Economics of Sound Planning, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
HCA is happy to share some GREAT news from the Bandera Canyonlands Alliance, LoneHollow Ranch, and The Cibolo Conservancy! After months of opposition, including a petition garnering nearly 25,000 signatures and three county resolutions opposing the wastewater permit...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Community, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Night Skies, Wildlife
One moonless night a little more than a decade ago, Marie Dacke and Eric Warrant, animal vision experts from Lund University in Sweden, made a surprise discovery in South Africa. The researchers had been watching nocturnal dung beetles, miniature Sisyphuses of the...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Community, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Wildlife
Staff at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) haven’t gotten much sleep since March. The worst nightmare a wildlife agency in a deer-rich region like Texas with its 3.9 million wild whitetail deer and 85,000 captive breeder deer could possibly imagine now...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Community, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, News, Water Conservation, Wildlife
As we do after every Texas Legislative Session, we’re here with a recap of the 87th Texas Legislature and the bills impacting agriculture. As you will see, it was a busy session with a number of ag-related bills being passed. We have linked each bill below to allow...
by admin | Jul 29, 2021 | Community, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Riparian Management, Water Conservation, Water Resources, Wildlife
Twelve feet below the water in the San Marcos River, conservationists pluck invasive plants from the riverbed. Hydrilla and hygrophila are the victims of this widespread removal. They’re targeted because they threaten two native species that are endangered: Texas wild...
