by admin | May 20, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Scenic Beauty
After six hours of trekking through cappuccino-colored muck last week, a team of cavers entered a previously unexplored 600-foot-long passage inside Natural Bridge Caverns. The passage, located 145 feet underground, is full of mineral-rich pools of water bordered by...
by admin | May 8, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Public Lands, Scenic Beauty
Gay Ruby Dahlstrom Nature Preserve, Buda, TX – Hays County and the family of the late Gay Ruby Dahlstrom today officially opened the nature preserve named in her honor. “This 384-acre preserve is the culmination of Gay Ruby Dahlstrom’s vision to share her love of the...
by admin | May 8, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
AUSTIN, Texas – Hill Country Conservancy (HCC), the Texas Hill Country Conservation Network and 18 partner organizations today announced Applications of Eligibility are now being accepted from farmers, ranchers and wildlife managers to take part in the $5.15 million...
by admin | May 6, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News
In 1846 when Comal County was founded with an area of 575 square miles, it had a population of 1,700. The U.S. Census Bureau has estimated the 2018 population to be 148,373, a 37% increase over the last eight years. Or, as the Herald-Zeitung’s April 20 editorial...
by admin | May 6, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Night Skies, Scenic Beauty
Friday evening’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math Expo keynote speaker was William Wren, a distinguished and award-winning advocate for dark sky preservation. Wren has worked at the McDonald Observatory for 29 years and currently is the special...
by admin | Apr 10, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Wildlife
For the first time ever, researchers have found captive-bred Texas horned lizard hatchlings alive after winter hibernation. It’s a big win for the state reptile, which has vanished from Texas landscapes over the past several decades. New technology has...
