by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Night Skies, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty
Bill Wren remembers the night sky rising like wallpaper above him when he was a child in rural Missouri. But after a move to Houston in 1970 when he was 15, lights from the city’s sprawl obscured all but a few stars. It wasn’t until he was 21 years old, on a camping...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty
In 2019, a city environmental plans examiner emailed then-state Rep. Roland Gutierrez to inform him he had violated San Antonio’s tree preservation ordinance by chopping down a large heritage oak without a permit on a lot he was developing. “There will be a work...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty
One of the many things we’ve learned from the global shock of COVID-19 is just how intertwined humanity is with nature. A wildlife-borne pathogen has infected more than 70 million people, disrupted global supply chains, spotlighted inequities and exposed new...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Aggregate Production Operations, Economics of Sound Planning, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty
Hill Country Alliance – Community Program Note: The Hill Country Alliance is an active member of the Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM) coalition. Quarries, gravel mines, sand mines, and concrete batch plants are increasingly posing significant...
by admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The owners of a youth camp near Vanderpool have filed a request for a permit to discharge 60,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day into a tributary of the Sabinal River. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, which has jurisdiction in the matter, should...
by admin | Jan 20, 2021 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty
The Kerrville City Council unanimously approved a resolution that notes its opposition to a rock and concrete operation that would be sited near three of the city’s most important manufacturing operations. The proposed rock crushing would be located just south...
