News & Updates
Supporting local Hill Country food banks
Across the state, food banks are seeing more faces than ever before. Whether you are in a place of need or a place of plenty, don't forget your local food banks. A recent article from The Texas Standard stated that “the need for food bank services in [Central Texas]...
Monarch butterfly gets protection in ‘historic’ deal
The Fish and Wildlife Service today unveiled a sweeping, multistate plan to protect the monarch butterfly without adding it to the Endangered Species Act list. A long time in the making, the plan called, in part, a "candidate conservation" agreement unites state and...
TESPA issues notice of intent to sue Permian Highway Pipeline for contamination of an underground source of drinking water
Press Release: Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association & Wimberley Valley Watershed Association - For Immediate Release: April 8, 2020 Attorneys acting on behalf of the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA) today issued a notice of intent...
Texas State Parks temporarily close to the public
Press Release: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - For Immediate Release: April 7, 2020 At the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas State Parks will be closed to the public effective at the close of business Tuesday, April 7 in order to maintain the safest...
Inside the story of how HEB planned for the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has transformed the country in just a handful of weeks. As Americans focus on the essentials—feeding our families and ensuring we have the necessary supplies to keep our households clean and safe—grocery stores and pharmacies have demonstrated...
TCEQ loosens enforcement amid COVID-19
While environmental regulations are not being set aside, the chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said Monday that enforcing those rules may be eased for violations "that were unavoidable due to the (coronavirus) pandemic." The agency has "not...
Texas food banks asking for help to support surge of people in need
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, food banks across the country are tasked with serving those in need from every socioeconomic level. Many people are using food bank services for the first time. Food banks in Texas are doing their part, but they face many...
The pandemic is turning the natural world upside down
From inside her living room in London, Paula Koelemeijer can feel the world around her growing quieter. Koelemeijer, a seismologist, has a miniature seismometer sitting on a concrete slab at the base of her first-floor fireplace. The apparatus, though smaller than a...
The Trailist guide to getting outside during the pandemic
For obvious reasons, this can’t be a normal Trailist column. I’m sitting here in my apartment, listening to the rain pour down for the third straight day, trying to think of ways to recommend getting outdoors during these tough and ever-changing times. Here’s the...