Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 25, 2022 | Ecosystem Services, Events, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, News, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
A recently released report from the Texas Hill Country Conservation Network examined the current state of conservation and growth in the Hill Country. What it revealed was a region at a crossroads, facing threats to its future. Read more from Madi Teleschow at...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 25, 2022 | Ecosystem Services, Equity in the Outdoors, HCA in the News, Landowner Alliances, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network
The Texas Hill Country Conservation Network is made of dozens of non-profits, government agencies, academic institutions and aligned private businesses from across the 18-counties in the region. The Network wants to continue to see growth, but also protect the areas...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 9, 2022 | County Authority, Landowner Alliances, News, Regional Planning
The Helotes City Council has approved design plans of a proposed 24-hour gas station and convenience store on a rural stretch of road that some residents want to protect from commercial development. The 4-1 vote on Feb. 24 was not the final approval for the project,...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 1, 2022 | Groundwater Resources, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Native Landscapes, News, Regional Planning
The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute’s Texas Land Trends program released the 2022 Landowner Survey for landowners who own or operate private working lands in Texas. This voluntary questionnaire serves to gather information on the needs, preferences,...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Feb 8, 2022 | Ecosystem Services, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Uncategorized
Comal County is one of the fastest growing counties in the country and it’s no secret why. The scenery is beautiful. But for some, that is exactly why development is concerning. Much of Comal County sits over the contributing and recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer....
Posted by admin | Jan 12, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Landowner Alliances, News, Planning and Development
The Lower Colorado River Authority has limited large-scale dredging on the Highland Lakes to four zones where industrial operators may remove, process, stockpile and resell sediment from the lake bottoms. Three are on Lake LBJ. A fourth is on Lake Buchanan. Read more...
