Posted by admin | Mar 18, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Wildlife
Hill Country Alliance, Texas Tech University’s Department of Natural Resources Management, and partners are grateful to the land stewards that supported the Axis Deer Control Project. Tissue samples will be used to understand the ecology and population dynamics of...
Posted by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Wildlife
LEARN MORE: You can learn more about ongoing efforts related to the Axis Deer Control Project here. The spotted fawn was leaning against the screen door of Daniel Oppenheimer’s back porch near Luckenbach. Oppenheimer found it when he ventured outside on the first...
Posted by admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Community, Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
The Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District has announced its 2021 Water-Wise Speaker Series. Subject matter experts will discuss a variety of water topics important to Hays County residents. Hays County is listed by the US Census Bureau as the second fastest...
Posted by admin | Feb 21, 2021 | HCA in the News, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Wildlife
Axis deer are an exotic game species first introduced in the Texas Hill Country in the 1930s. Since then, the population has grown exponentially, leading to groups launching an Axis Deer Control project. There are currently more than 6,000 free-range Axis deer in...
Posted by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Children in Nature, Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Public Lands, Wildlife
Though often unheralded in their own times, Black contributions to conservation, parks, outdoor recreation and more are significant and will be celebrated throughout February’s Black History Month programs from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Park rangers...
Posted 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...