by admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife
Along U.S. Highway 281 headed north to the Comal County line, drivers can see shopping centers and housing developments that look indistinguishable from suburbia elsewhere in the country. But hundreds of feet below the highway, inside the Edwards Aquifer and some...
by admin | Aug 16, 2019 | News, Water Quality, Water Resources
Additional testing has revealed increasing levels of neurotoxins in algae at a greater number of locations. Samples were taken on Monday, August 12, 2019, at Auditorium Shores, at Red Bud Isle and at Barton Creek. Samples at Barton Creek were taken just below the...
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 | Aug 1, 2019 | Conservation Easements, Groundwater Resources, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Public Lands, Water Conservation, Water Quality, Water Resources
The City of San Marcos will receive a $423,500 grant from the United States Forest Service to fund the land purchase of the Sink Creek Community Forest Tract. This is the first Community Forest and Open Space Program grant awarded to a project in Texas. The City...
by admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Quality, Water Resources
Construction along a stretch of MoPac Boulevard is facing delays after crews discovered dozens of fissures and holes in the ground along the freeway that help recharge the Edwards Aquifer and Barton Springs. The discovery of 72 so-called karst features has forced the...
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...