by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 27, 2022 | Community, Drought, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, One Water, Planning and Development, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Hill Country water advocates from across the region gathered in Bandera, TX on October 13th for a day of learning, connecting, and strategizing for water stewardship in our region. “The work to protect our aquifers and rivers is challenging but vital to the long-term... by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 26, 2022 | Groundwater Resources, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the Pedernales River springs salamander will undergo status reviews to be put on the federal endangered species list. The Pedernales River springs salamander was discovered in 2019 by researchers at The University of... by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 26, 2022 | Community, Equity in the Outdoors, News, Planning and Development, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
The way Geeta Persad sees it, the nation’s great coastal cities are facing an environmental reckoning with threats from both the air and the sea. In the air, there is the belching, toxic exhaust from factories, petrochemical facilities, sewage treatment plants and... by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 21, 2022 | Groundwater Resources, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Regional Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Schuyler Wight is a fourth-generation rancher who has raised longhorn cattle outside Midland for decades. Wight is no geologist, but over the years, he’s had to familiarize himself with what lies underground. Scattered across his sprawling 20,000-acre ranch are more...
by Leah Cuddeback | Oct 20, 2022 | Community, Groundwater Resources, News, One Water, Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
For many Texans, “a day without water” is not an imagined experience—it’s just another day. Some communities have never had running water. For the rest of us, experiencing days without water has become the rule rather than the exception. The one-two punch of...
by Leah Cuddeback | Aug 23, 2022 | Drought, Groundwater Resources, HCA in the News, News, Planning and Development, Water Catchment Areas (Watershed), Water Conservation, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Kathleen Tobin Krueger stood on a low cliff last week, looking down on her family’s ranchland. Below her lay an expansive field laden with smooth white rocks, trees with exposed roots growing between them. There should be a full, flowing river here — there usually is...