The mission of the Hill Country Alliance is to bring together a diverse coalition of partners to preserve the open spaces, starry night skies, clean and abundant waters, and unique character of the Texas Hill Country.
Our Work
Land
The Texas Hill Country region covers over 11 million acres in 17 counties of mostly privately held land.
Water
Thirteen Texas rivers begin in the Hill Country and provide water for millions of downstream neighbors.
Night Sky
The Hill Country sits on the edge of night and as development pushes westward, we are losing our view of the night sky.
Community
90% of Hill Country lands are in unincorporated areas where there is little authority to plan for growth.
Collaboration
HCA serves as the backbone organization and fiscal sponsor of the Texas Hill Country Conservation Network.
Latest News
Edwards Aquifer Authority has come a long way
The story of water and Texas starts here. San Antonio sits atop the Edwards Aquifer, one of the most abundant artesian aquifers in the world. It supplies water to more than 2 million people and thousands of farmers in the region. Spread underneath the land of South...
The Hill Country Land Trust video: Managing Cedar
The Hill Country Land Trust has released their second video in a series of videos on land management topics. This video takes a look at how best to utilize and control Ashe Juniper (Cedar trees). Many landowners are concerned about juniper's ability to overwhelm their...
Feeling the Burn in Big Bend
"It’s a place of delicate balance between fiercely competing plants, many living at the edge of their geographic ranges and tolerances for temperature and aridity. It’s an ecosystem on a knife edge, dependent on regular rains and steady temperatures. So in 2011, when...
Off-limits Boerne preserve is an oasis in the Texas Hill Country
As more and more people move to the Texas Hill Country, native plants and animals will need special sanctuaries to call their own. The board members who run one such wildlife haven, the private 644-acre Cibolo Preserve in Boerne, offered an exclusive look inside the...
Junction’s water issues
The Hill Country Alliance hopes to be part of the solution for how our rural communities can solve complicated problems like the one that occurred in Junction last month. On August 26th, the City of Junction Water System issued a Boil Water Notice to all of its...
‘Growth Summit’ Highlights Central Texas Economy
The Austin-San Antonio Growth Summit convened in San Marcos Friday, showcasing the economic strength of Central Texas. According to labor statistics presented at the summit, cities and counties all along the I-35 corridor have seen job growth well above the national...
HCLT hires first full time Executive Director
The Hill Country Land Trust has hired Jennifer Lorenz to be their first full time Executive Director. "I am thrilled to come on to an organization that has been doing great things before I got here; including having 20 fantastic permanent land protection agreements...
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