by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Community, News, One Water, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
A Wimberley elementary school is teaching students about water conservation with a hands-on approach. Blue Hole Primary School was the first “One Water” school in Texas, the school was designed to reduce water usage. Read more from Nabil Remadna with KXAN...
by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife
AUSTIN, Texas— Following litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect six species of Texas freshwater mussels under the Endangered Species Act. The Service also proposed designating 1,944 river miles...
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The future of a Comal County freshwater creek is looking fresher today. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted Thursday to acquire and prevent development at Honey Creek, one of the most iconic streams in the Texas Hill Country. The commission, which has worked...
by admin | Aug 23, 2021 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Federal officials have declared a shortage in Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country that serves tens of millions of residents in the West and northern Mexico, amid a historic decades long “megadrought” in the region. The Bureau of Reclamation...
by admin | Aug 23, 2021 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, Groundwater Resources, Hill Country Tourism, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, One Water, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
People in the Hill Country say they have fought for months to keep the pristine Sabinal River waters clean. Last May, the Young Life camp at LoneHollow Ranch applied for a permit that would have allowed them to discharge up to 60,000 gallons of wastewater a day into...
by admin | Aug 23, 2021 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality
The well fixer and I were standing at the edge of an almond orchard in the exhausted middle of California. It was late July, and so many wells on the farms of Madera County were coming up dry that he was running out of parts to fix them. In this latest round of...
