by admin | Dec 18, 2018 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands
More people are enjoying Texas’ 95 state parks than ever. In the 2017 fiscal year, there were 10 million visitors, a 20 percent increase over 2012. Visitation at some destinations has skyrocketed. For example, the number of visitors to McKinney Falls, a small park on...
by admin | Dec 11, 2018 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Public Lands, Water Conservation, Water Resources
The chief of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says the absence of the 54-year-old Land and Water Conservation Fund is a “substantial loss” for state parks and natural areas. With Congress set to adjourn next week, parks advocates are pushing for...
by admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Scenic Beauty, Wildlife
WILSON, Wyo. — Plant and animal species are estimated to be disappearing at a rate 1,000 times faster than they were before humans arrived on the scene. Climate change is upending natural systems across the planet. Forests, fisheries and drinking water supplies are...
by admin | Oct 2, 2018 | News, Night Skies, Public Lands, Scenic Beauty, Wildlife
The hiker trudged up a logging road and into a valley, tracing a route that seemed unremarkable. There were no sweeping views of the mountains that towered nearby. There was no summit to scale. Yet he stopped suddenly, jubilant, after about four miles of walking. He...
by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Public Lands, Water Quality, Water Resources
In early May, San Pedro Creek Culture Park opened with an outdoor festival that marked the transformation of a former concrete-lined channel to a public space with murals and fountains. Visitors, including children, splashed in the creek in the new Plaza de Fundación,...
by admin | Aug 22, 2018 | News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Water Quality
Developers planning a subdivision of more than 2,300 homes in Comal County want to build a sewage treatment plant to discharge into one of the most pristine, spring-fed streams left in the Hill Country. According to a permit application filed with state environmental...
