by admin | Nov 9, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Wildlife
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission adopted a new chronic wasting disease management rule package Thursday, regulations mostly geared toward the state’s deer breeding industry. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff believe the update was necessary because the...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Wildlife
Things were not looking good for Texas’ white-tailed deer population in January with the U.S. Drought Monitor showing more than 90 percent of the state experiencing abnormally dry to exceptional drought conditions. Then came winter storm Uri in February with freezing...
by admin | Nov 2, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources, Wildlife
The White House on Tuesday announced a series of new proposals for climate initiatives, including new building standards for structures in flood-vulnerable areas. In the fact sheet, the Biden administration announced a comment period for an update to the National...
by admin | Nov 2, 2021 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Wildlife
The fall issue of the Land Trust Alliance Saving Land magazine highlights recent grants to land trusts for remote monitoring projects, transformative partnerships between land trusts and Indigenous groups and NRI’s work to define the economic value of protected...
by admin | Oct 28, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Wildlife
With their thick, glistening manes, proclivity for play, and taste for crawfish, members of a growing southeastern species are flocking to Texas. And no, we’re not talking about recent graduates of Louisiana State University. North American river otters, which were...
by admin | Oct 20, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Water Conservation, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed placing six Texas freshwater mussels on the endangered species list and designating nearly 2,000 miles of Texas rivers as critical habitat for them. The Guadalupe River Basin — one of four river basins highlighted by the...
