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 | Economics of Sound Planning, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Transportation Planning
Once upon a time, Portland held itself out as a national example of how to build cities that didn’t revolve (so much) around the private automobile. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, it recognized that building more freeways just generated more traffic, and it tore out one...
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 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News
There is nothing more exciting than wrapping up a great conservation project, and Texas Land Conservancy finalized three of them in the Hill Country during 2020. Silencio, Danner, and Baradhi ranches make up 1,743 acres of beautiful and diverse habitats. Each one...
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 Acting Interior Secretary Scott de la Vega rescinded a November order from former...
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Wildlife
Are you ready for the return of some precedented events in our lives? We have endured so much uncertainty over the last year, but fortunately (and with weather aside), nature and wildlife remain a reliable source of predictability. The lives of birds cycle through...
