News & Updates
Transit planning in San Antonio, let your voice be heard
VIA Metropolitan Transit is requesting public input as they create their Vision 2040 Long Range Plan Update for the Greater San Antonio Area. The next phase of Vision 2040 is to analyze transportation corridors throughout the region to identify which are most...
SOSHCE Annual Meeting: Updates on industrial wind and transmission developments
The Save our Scenic Hill Country Environment (SOSHCE) Annual Membership Meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 7 pm in the Central Texas Electric Co-op Community Room at 386 Friendship Lane in Fredericksburg. The featured presentations will provide...
Exciting things happening at Westcave Preserve
Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center will soon be connecting more children with nature with their soon-to-be unveiled Roadrunner Outdoor Adventures Bus. Thanks to the support of Impact Austin and a successful Indiegogo campaign, more than 7,500 school kids will...
Eminent Domain – Changing the Landscape
“Texas is growing and changing,” said Greg Simons, president of the Texas Wildlife Association (TWA). “More people mean more demands for all types of infrastructure – roads, transmission lines, pipelines, reservoirs, schools and on and on. It all has to go somewhere....
Will the Land and Water Conservation Fund Rise Again
The LWCF does a lot more than buy inholdings. Roughly half of it goes to providing conservation easements on private land, conserving privately owned timberlands, developing urban parks and ball fields, and funding endangered species projects on non-federal lands....
Water Forum VI: Vista Ridge, Conservation, Rate Increase
The $3.4 billion Vista Ridge water pipeline, water conservation, the Nov. 19 City Council vote on a new rate increase and structure that will result in reduced bills for low usage and higher bills for big water users dominated the conversation at the San Antonio Clean...
How Will San Antonio Manage Growth and Gentrification?
San Antonio is expected to gain 1 million people by 2040 and the City is planning to annex 66 square miles of commercial and residential areas. What should the city prioritize as it grows? Without pause, Christine Drennon, head of Trinity University‘s Urban...
Chronic Wasting Disease “Town-Hall” Meeting, Nov. 4 in San Antonio
In July, Chronic Wasting Disease was detected in a white-tailed deer in Medina County, Texas. This disease, first discovered in 1967 in Colorado, affects the nervous systems of white-tailed and mule deer, elk, moose, and red deer. For the first time, the disease was...
Vista Ridge pipeline the focus at Texas Water Symposium
“Whether the Vista Ridge pipeline will soften the city’s efforts to encourage residents to use less water is just one of a variety of concerns that have surfaced ahead of the city council’s vote on a water rate increase to help pay for it.” Texas Tribune’s Kiah...