Posted by admin | Mar 5, 2019 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Native Landscapes, News, Wildlife
Restoring native plant habitat is vital to preserving biodiversity. By creating a native plant garden, each patch of habitat becomes part of a collective effort to nurture and sustain the living landscape for birds and other animals. Over the past century,...
Posted by admin | Mar 5, 2019 | Aggregate Production Operations, County Authority, Legislature and Regulation, News, Planning and Development
Property owners and other stakeholders trying to keep Vulcan Construction Materials from developing a 1,500-acre open-pit limestone quarry at FM 3009 and SH-46 are expected to pack Comal County Commissioners Courtroom 9 a.m. Wednesday for a preliminary administrative...
Posted by admin | Mar 5, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines
At a public hearing on Monday, state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst — who has long tried to strengthen protections for landowners facing condemnation — challenged officials from fossil fuel groups who said her latest legislation would drag down energy production. For years now,...
Posted by admin | Mar 5, 2019 | News, Planning and Development, Water Quality, Water Resources
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a wastewater discharge permit to Dripping Springs on Wednesday, giving the city authority to expand its existing wastewater plant and discharge up to 822,500 gallons of effluent per day into Onion Creek. However,...
Posted by admin | Mar 1, 2019 | Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Planning and Development
Kinder Morgan is moving full-speed ahead with its plan to route a 430-mile, 42-inch natural gas pipeline through the center of Hays County—but local governments are making their opposition to the project known. Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously at its...
Posted by admin | Mar 1, 2019 | Conservation Easements, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Water Quality
Gary Puryear said he did not know much about nature conservation when he inherited his father’s 423-acre ranch near Hamilton Pool Road in Western Travis County. Members of his family had owned and lived on the working ranch since 1880, and Puryear said the emotion of...