by admin | Feb 12, 2015 | Native Landscapes, News, Wildlife
This week the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced what many have noticed for the past 20 years- monarch butterfly numbers are on a precipitous decline. Over the past 25 years an estimated 970 million monarchs have disappeared, largely due to loss of... by admin | Jan 4, 2015 | Land Stewardship, News, Wildlife
The Cibolo Nature Center in Boerne plans on starting the new year with a 3-part workshop on Texas’s wildlife tax valuation. If you are a landowner with 20 acres or more and are interested in learning more about switching your land from agricultural to wildlife...
by admin | Dec 11, 2014 | Native Landscapes, News, Wildlife
“Where have all the monarchs gone?” This is becoming an oft repeated query, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists are asking for citizen help in answering the question. Since monitoring of overwintering monarch butterfly populations 1993, the WWF has... by admin | Nov 14, 2014 | News, Public Lands, Wildlife
This amazing natural resource area is devoted to protecting the habitats of hundreds of species of native flora and fauna, grasslands, wooded hills and canyons, and vital watersheds. Thousands of school children visit and participate in hands-on learning experiences... by admin | Oct 19, 2014 | News, Wildlife
“This historic decision puts us within reach of purchasing the entire tract of land and protecting the habitat Bracken’s bats have used for thousands of years.” Read more from Bat Conservation International. “San Antonio is one of the fastest growing cities in the... by admin | Oct 13, 2014 | News, Wildlife
For the past year, San Antonio City officials, Bat Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy and many other organizations and community leaders have been searching for a solution to avert a 3,500-home development over the Edwards Aquifer and adjacent to...