Posted by admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, News, Scenic Beauty, Transmission Lines & Wind Farms
VAL VERDE COUNTY, Texas – In the wide-open spaces of Val Verde County lies the Devils River, one of the last pristine, wild rivers in Texas. Recently, it was at the center of a monthslong negotiation. “Absolutely. It’s a major win for us and for...
Posted by admin | Aug 16, 2019 | News, Water Quality, Water Resources
Additional testing has revealed increasing levels of neurotoxins in algae at a greater number of locations. Samples were taken on Monday, August 12, 2019, at Auditorium Shores, at Red Bud Isle and at Barton Creek. Samples at Barton Creek were taken just below the...
Posted by admin | Aug 16, 2019 | News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority will drain its four remaining lakes on the Guadalupe next month, citing the imminent public danger posed by the decrepit condition of spill gates in its 90-year-old dams. The lakes will be dewatered one by one beginning Sept. 16....
Posted by admin | Aug 15, 2019 | News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Scenic Beauty
Houston pipeline operator Kinder Morgan has been ordered to pay another $2.7 million in a widening eminent domain dispute out in the Texas Hill Country. A three-member panel of the Blanco County Special Commissioners ordered Kinder Morgan to pay three landowners more...
Posted by admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Scenic Beauty
Those struggling with anxiety, depression or feeling down have an opportunity to get a dose of self care thanks to nature. The Comal County Conservation Alliance (CCCA) is presenting a community program “Health & Nature How Nature Cures” on Aug. 13, from 6 to 8...
Posted by admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Public Lands, Riparian Management, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife
AUSTIN – Established, reproducing populations of invasive zebra mussels have been discovered at two new lakes in Central Texas, Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) in the Colorado River basin northwest of Austin and Lake Pflugerville northeast of Austin. Texas Parks and...
