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...
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...
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...
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...
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Children in Nature, Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Wildlife
Gabe Vasquez first visited New Mexico when he was 8 years old, during a fishing trip to the Rio Grande with his father and older brother. They traveled from their home just south of the border in Ciudad Juárez and planned to camp in state parks along the river. Even...
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Public Lands, Water Conservation, Wildlife
U.S. Interior Department officials on Thursday canceled a Trump administration directive that gave local and state officials power to block purchases of land and water for conservation. Acting Interior Secretary Scott de la Vega rescinded a November order from former...
