by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Community, Community Resilience News and Resources, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Last February, Texans got a terribly clear view of the fragility of their state’s water infrastructure, as a statewide freeze left millions of Texans without heat or electricity and almost half of the state’s population lost water. This event provided a stark reminder...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Wildlife
When a group of researchers at Texas A&M’s Natural Resources Institute published the first peer-reviewed study that surveyed the presence of a brightly colored Texas songbird across a huge swath of Texas, the results were astounding: The population of the...
by admin | Jan 18, 2022 | County Authority, Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
An unpopular new housing project slightly north of the Bexar-Kendall county line cleared a significant hurdle last month after Kendall County commissioners reluctantly approved a slew of variances. Titled Lily Ranch, the development at full build-out would comprise...
by admin | Jan 13, 2022 | News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Helotes Canyon northwest of San Antonio has seen its share of small-scale development, but the water in Helotes Creek still flows clear and plentiful as it makes its way downstream toward the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone. But with developer Lennar Homes planning the...
by admin | Dec 26, 2021 | Community, Economics of Sound Planning, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Regional Planning
Diane and Chuck McClaferty live and work on a Dripping Springs ranch. It’s been in Chuck McClaferty’s family for 85 years. They raise beef cattle. They keep honeybees. And a proposed four-lane highway would run right through the middle of their land. Read more from...
by admin | Nov 10, 2021 | Community, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Resources
We highly recommend this nuanced take on recent federal infrastructure funding outlined in the article below from Small Towns. While having additional federal infrastructure funding is crucial to the continued success of our changing communities, we also recognize...
