by admin | May 27, 2021 | Community, Conservation Easements, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty, Water Planning, Water Resources, Wildlife
The Hays County Parks and Open Space Advisory Commission (POSAC), which was created in 2020 and recently restarted, is seeking additional project submissions that would be funded by Proposition A, a Parks & Open Space Bond, approved by voters in the November...
by admin | May 27, 2021 | Community, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Resources
Hamilton Pool, one of the most beautiful watering holes in Central Texas, will not allow swimmers this summer or for the foreseeable future due to falling rocks. Travis County Parks has also closed the section of the trail that runs underneath the overhanging cliff....
by admin | May 26, 2021 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
My great-grandfather founded our family’s Hill Country ranch in 1887. For nearly 100 years, spring water flowed through the seeps and creeks of our land, year-round, and almost without exception. The water began to dry up a little more than 30 years ago as more people...
by admin | May 21, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Wildlife
One of nature’s most extraordinary spectacles unfolds in the 10,000-foot-high conifer forests of Michoacán, Mexico. In mid-November, swirling orange-and-black clouds appear in the skies above the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a 139,019-acre sanctuary carved out...
by admin | May 21, 2021 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Every month during the 87th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, Dr. Todd Votteler and Dr. Robert Mace provide an update on water-related legislation. The key water committees are Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs in the Senate, chaired by Senator Charles...
by admin | May 21, 2021 | Community, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Water Resources
Starting as the Landowner Outreach Manager at Hill Country Alliance, Katherine Romans love for the region combined with her non-profit and policy expertise made her a natural fit to become the Executive Director for the regional non-profit organization. Romans lives...
