News & Updates
Exciting changes are happening at HCA!
Wonderful things are happening at the Hill Country Alliance! As we launch our second decade working to build awareness and conversation around the treasured natural resources of the Hill Country, we invite you to join us in welcoming new HCA staff leadership and a...
Pipeline company files eminent domain lawsuits against Big Bend landowners
Land disputes involving the Trans-Pecos Pipeline have made their way to district court. At least 12 eminent domain lawsuits have been filed in Brewster and Presidio counties by the company behind the planned 143-mile, 42-inch natural gas pipeline. Under eminent...
Washed-out Fischer Store Rd Bridge reopens
Folks near Wimberley have something big to celebrate. Today the washed-out Fischer Store Road bridge over the Blanco River officially reopened. If you don't understand the excitement in the reopening of this bridge today, you don't understand how important it is to...
Purchase of Texas Water Alliance Moves GBRA Closer to Starting Mid-Basin Project
In a deal that will pave the way for Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) officials to fulfill the groundwater component of its Mid-Basin Project, the GBRA Board of Directors approved the river authority’s purchase of Texas Water Alliance Limited (TWA), from SJW...
In Major Water Case, Win for Ranchers is Loss For Cities
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday handed a victory to farmers, ranchers and other longstanding water rights holders by declining to take up a Brazos River case with widespread implications for future water battles in drought-prone Texas. Denying a state petition for...
Edwards Aquifer Authority must shell out to pecan farmers
The government agency in charge of the Edwards Aquifer must pay two pecan farmers upwards of $2.5 million for limiting their groundwater pumping, a jury decided. The verdict came as welcome news to Glenn and JoLynn Bragg. The couple has been in litigation with the...
Conservation Easement 101: What Is a Conservation Easement?
As development in Texas increases, lands that have been in families for generations are at a greater risk of fragmentation and development than ever before. Many are beginning to look to conservation easements to protect family lands for future generations. But what...
Pecan farmers at the center of historic groundwater case
A Medina County jury will decide this week how much the Edwards Aquifer Authority should pay a pecan-farming couple for limiting the water they can pump from below their land. The lawsuit involving farmers Glenn and JoLynn Bragg has been in litigation for 10 years....
Win for farmers confirms state water rights system
In a win for farmers, ranchers and longtime water rights holders, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday let stand a Brazos River basin decision that limits the power of the state to divvy up water during drought. Farmers along the Brazos River, whose basin includes...