News & Updates
Barton Springs – Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Expansion News, Map, And FAQs
Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) has set up a new page on their website devoted to the annexation of the white zone of the Trinity in Hays County. It currently includes a map of annexed area, a copy of the final bill, and a FAQ page. For...
Post-Flood Riparian Recovery Workshops Planned for Wimberley and Blanco Communities
In the wake of the Memorial Day 2015 floods that roared through Central Texas, people in the Hill Country are left grappling with the aftermath. Images of hundred-year-old cypress trees, stripped bare of their bark and ripped up from their roots, inevitably turn our...
Texas Water Symposium to Feature Regional Water Experts, June 18 in Fredericksburg
Regional Growth and Our State Water Planning Process: How You Can Get Involved The 8th Annual Texas Water Symposium series continues this June in Fredericksburg with a personal conversation between Hill Country water experts about the State’s water planning process...
Six Schools Win Rainwater Revival Grants to Fund Conservation Projects
HCA was happily overwhelmed with 13 terrific Rainwater Revival grant applications from Hill Country schools this year. Though all projects had merit, the three judges made difficult choices and picked six deserving schools to receive $1,000 awards each. “Judging by...
Zoning Change for Water Bottling Plant Paused for a Second Look
Environmental groups called foul this week when the City of San Antonio Zoning Commissionapproved a plan to rezone a section of Brooks City Base to make way for a possible water bottling plant on Tuesday. The fast-tracked rezoning request was on the agenda for City...
Paradise Lost: What the Texas Floods Swept Away
The flash flood warnings kept coming in over television. That is, until the power went out. The entire valley, I could see from my home on the hill, was plunged into pitch-blackness made all the worse by the sheets of rain. After a sheriff’s deputy came to the house...
Letting the River Heal
The good news is, the best thing you can do for your trees and river banks is to leave them alone. Please watch this video from Blanco Valley River Restoration Project and read this helpful information from the Texas Forest Service, Hays County Master Naturalists and...
Sen. Fraser Decides Against Running for Re-election
State Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, announced Tuesday that he is not running for re-election, ending a tenure at the Capitol that has spanned four decades. "There comes a time when leaders must take a look at the trail they have blazed and reflect on all they...
Texas legislators mostly kept hands off local control
A simmering feud between state lawmakers and municipal leaders over local control never quite reached full boil this year. Spooked by Gov. Greg Abbott’s push against “unchecked overregulation” and by tea party Republicans who filed bills to limit local government,...