by admin | Nov 7, 2019 | Ecosystem Services, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Native Landscapes, News, Riparian Management, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Resources, Wildlife
Temple, Texas, October 1, 2019 — The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas is taking applications through November 15, 2019 for floodplain easements through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program Floodplain Easement (EWPP-FPE). The program’s...
by admin | Oct 22, 2019 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, Rainwater Harvesting, Riparian Management, Scenic Beauty, Texas Water Symposium, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Did you know that the State Demographer estimates 250 people a day (yes, that’s every day!) move to the Hill Country? Would it surprise you that none of them are bringing their own water? The state water plan projects a water deficit of 2,897,404,528,608...
by admin | Oct 21, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Riparian Management
Voters in Texas will decide on 10 constitutional amendments this Election Day, Nov. 5. The propositions range from prohibiting an income tax from ever being collected in the state to allowing law enforcement animals to stay with their handlers when they retire....
by admin | Sep 24, 2019 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, News, One Water, Rainwater Harvesting, Riparian Management, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Resources
Texas Living Waters is an active advocate for the One Water approach because it offers tremendous opportunities for improving how water is managed. Even so, we are concerned that the available One Water implementation frameworks are not providing adequate guidance or...
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...
by admin | Jul 25, 2019 | News, Riparian Management, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Nathan Leber is all about finding the dirt on Lake Buchanan and other Texas reservoirs, or, more precisely, the dirt at the bottom. Leber, manager of the TexMesoNet and Hydrosurvey programs for the Texas Water Development Board, is in charge of a crew that’s currently...
