Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 16, 2022 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, County Authority, Economics of Sound Planning, Legislature and Regulation, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Water Resources
Editorial by Ben Eldredge, Cibolo Center for Conservation As the new State of the Hill Country Report illustrates, the Hill Country population has increased by 50% since 1990, with most of this growth occurring along the I-35 corridor. The fastest growing counties are...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 14, 2022 | Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
On the west side of Camp Bullis, at the edge of the Dominion neighborhood, Rustin Tabor pulls his truck to the side of a winding road and walks a few feet into the wooded area that lines it. Farther in, stretched across the dirt, is an entrance to a cave — a karst...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 11, 2022 | News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Water Resources
The Hill Country has exploded over the past 20 years, growing by 50 percent to over 3.8 million people in the 18-county area north of San Antonio.That number is projected to increase another 35 percent in the next two decades. But all of that growth comes with a...
Posted by admin | 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 Leah Cuddeback | Mar 8, 2022 | Community, County Authority, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Water Resources
Booming population growth, coupled with changing climate patterns, unslakable groundwater thirst and political challenges, leave the Texas Hill Country newly vulnerable. What they’re saying: “The Hill Country’s breathtaking vistas, natural spaces,...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 7, 2022 | Community, County Authority, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Texas Hill Country Conservation Network, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
A first-of-its-kind report on the growth and environmental health of the Texas Hill Country cites the San Antonio Edwards Aquifer Protection Program as a shining example of conservation efforts in Texas, and is urging other Texas cities to follow suit. Produced by the...
