News & Updates
Reforming the Endangered Species Act: Industry Groups Seek to Dismantle Our Country’s Most Purposeful Conservation Tool
Recognizing that, as a “consequence of economic growth and development,” many “species of fish wildlife and plants” in the United States are on the brink of extinction, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973 with overwhelming bipartisan support. Today, the...
Pedernales Newsletter Shares News and Events from the Basin
The third installment of the Hill Country Alliance's new Pedernales Newsletter went out on July 14th and included some exciting updates about projects in the Pedernales basin. The Pedernales Newsletter is sent via email once a month to landowners, residents and...
Story series on Texas Groundwater Depletion Launches
State’s surface waters originate from groundwater, yet fractured resource management means both may become less reliable: The Texas Center for Policy Studies recently launched Our Desired Future, a multimedia project to educate Texans on the interconnections between...
The Connecting Thread
The behavior of water on and beneath private land is the key to preserving water for Texans in the 21st century and into the 22nd, a grand challenge that is uniquely Texan. Other western states have urban populations far removed from their water sources, but that’s...
Keeping Houses Out of Texas Floodwaters Could Cost Billions
Back on May 26th, Houston woke up to flooded freeways and neighborhoods as bayous overflowed their banks. In the Texas Hill Country, homes and bridges washed away and levees broke. But super-heavy rainfall is nothing new in Texas and in fact, it was years earlier that...
2015 Eco-Summit Series “Teaming With Wildlife” begins July 24 in San Antonio
This summer, in an effort to keep common wildlife common and avoid endangered species, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is partnering with the nonprofit Teaming With Wildlife Coalition to offer four, full-day Eco-Summit forums throughout Texas. Anyone...
Teacher’s Day out at the Science Mill, August 5-7
K-12 teachers, administrators and employees will receive free admission to the Hill Country Science Mill on August 5-7. Enter now for a chance to win free passes and $100 to spend in the Science Store. Please share with your friends and colleagues!...
Keep Texas Wild: Protect Golden-cheeked Warbler
Joan Marshall, Travis Audubon Society: Texas is known for our Wild West spirit. But if several moneyed interest groups have their way, Texas will become much less wild. As the American-Statesman reported July 2, several groups backed by former Texas Comptroller Susan...
Agenda 21: A conspiracy theory puts sustainability in the crosshairs
Theorists argue that Agenda 21, a 23-year-old non-binding UN resolution that suggests ways for governments and NGOs to promote sustainable development, is the linchpin in a plot to subjugate humanity under an eco-totalitarian regime. Greg Harman, a San Antonio...