Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 16, 2022 | Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Water Conservation, Water Resources, Wildlife
Across the street from Sewell Park, while most people tried to get a suntan or go tubing on a cloudy day, a group of researchers worked to capture suckermouth armored catfish, an invasive species in the San Marcos River. The fish are seemingly invisible in the murky...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 4, 2022 | Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, News, Oil and Gas Pipelines, Wildlife
A Texas rancher has sued a national oil and gas company that he accuses of harming the habitat of an endangered species of wildcat on his property in DeWitt County. Mike Hamilton, co-owner of his family’s ranch near Cuero, filed a lawsuit in late January against...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 1, 2022 | Groundwater Resources, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Landowner Alliances, Native Landscapes, News, Regional Planning
The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute’s Texas Land Trends program released the 2022 Landowner Survey for landowners who own or operate private working lands in Texas. This voluntary questionnaire serves to gather information on the needs, preferences,...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 1, 2022 | Conservation Easements, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Scenic Beauty, Water Conservation
We are excited to announce the completion of a 72-acre donated conservation easement of native habitat and open space along the Blanco River in rapidly growing Hays County. The conservation easement on Cathedral Oaks Preserve protects native habitats, water quality,...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Mar 1, 2022 | Ecosystem Services, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, Native Landscapes, News
On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report, sounding the alarm again on the rapid warming of the planet. The publication asserts, in part, that the impacts of global warming are now simply “irreversible.”But there are still...
Posted by Dominic Troiani | Feb 25, 2022 | Groundwater Resources, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Riparian Management, Scenic Beauty, Water Resources
When Lew Adams’ father bought half of Roy Creek Canyon in the early 1940s, he entered into a handshake agreement with the friend who had purchased the other half. Both men promised to preserve the land and change as little as possible. “There’s been no cattle,...