Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District – Water-Wise Speaker Series  For more information contact Charlie Flatten, General Manager at gm@haysgroundwater.com or 512-858-9253  The Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District has announced its 2021 Water-Wise Speaker Series. Subject matter experts will discuss a variety of water topics important to Hays County residents.  Hays County is listed by the […]

Six Easy Star Hunting Steps During the campaign dates, go outside more than an hour after sunset (8-10 pm local time). The Moon should not be up. Let your eyes become used to the dark for 10 minutes before your first observation. Use a night sky app on your phone outside to find the constellation […]

The 2021 Spring Clean-Up is Saturday, March 6th! Due to COVID-19, this river clean-up will be different than previous events (and similar to the Fall River Clean Up). Please remember - all volunteers are required to wear a mask & practice social distancing. Clean up crews should not exceed 10 volunteers. Because we are unable […]

Come out to Luckenbach Texas and help us celebrate the Texas Independence and view our Official Texas Flag retirement ceremony w/Former Texas Rangers. On site we will have Texas Rangers Memorabilia display, Cannon Fire and live music provided by Doug Moreland and K.R. Woods Live Music kicks off at Noon Texas Ranger Flag Retirement Ceremony […]

Join us for Lunch with Leaders, a quarterly series to connect leaders in the rural Hill Country with one another to identify common challenges, share solutions, and pursue opportunities for our region. Our second session, 12pm on March 9th, will include an interview of Toni Kunz, Council Member for the City of Bandera. She will be […]

Join us along with other conservation and business leaders for Texan by Nature's Conservation Wrangler Virtual Series. In honor of TxN's 10-year anniversary in 2021, the series will be held on February 10 and March 10 during the lunch hour from 12-1 PM CST. It will be an hour of example-based discussion focused on the […]

Join us for a virtual public stakeholder meeting to discuss ongoing projects within the Upper San Marcos River Watershed! Please RSVP to receive information on how to join the meeting via Zoom. Instructions will also be sent one day before the meeting, so be on the lookout for an email! A formal agenda will be […]

Dr. Mario Garza is an elder of the Miakan/Garzas Band of the Coahuiltecan, a state-legislature-recognized tribe of Texas. He earned a multi-disciplinary Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Social Science, with areas of concentration in Sociology, Political Science and Social Work. He has been active in graves protection and repatriation since 1991 participating in reburial […]

Join us for our next Walk & Talk, featuring guest hosts Lady Anne Wofford from Austin Parks Foundation and Clark Hancock from Save Barton Creek Association. This virtual walk will begin at the trailhead in Zilker Park and follow the Barton Creek Greenbelt section of the Violet Crown Trail south toward the 360 trailhead. We […]

Join The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment for a speaker series on water and a Cypress Creek Project meeting! Featuring round table discussions with Wimberley Valley experts and keynote speakers: Lon Shell, Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Dr. Joni Charles, Associate Professor of Economics at Texas State University Charlie Flatten, General Manager of […]

MUDs in Blanco Community Meeting   Protect Our Blanco is co-sponsoring an educational event with the Hill Country Alliance to help prepare our elected officials and Blanco citizens for growth – Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs)!   While we all know that growth can be good and is inevitable, we also know that if it’s not […]

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Kendall County and the Kendall Soil and Water Conservation District cordially invite the public to attend their FY22 Local Working Group (LWG) Listening Session being held Thurs, April 8, 2021 at 2:00 PM. To allow for COVID-19 social distancing recommendations the meeting will be held at the […]