Posted by admin | Mar 24, 2020 | Community Resilience News and Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Public Lands, Scenic Beauty, Wildlife
Earlier this month, I went shopping at H-E-B and bought more food than I needed. But I wasn’t stocking up my bunker; I was buying supplies for a camping trip at Big Bend National Park. Back then—a whole couple of weeks ago—the new coronavirus still felt relatively...
Posted by admin | Mar 24, 2020 | Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, News, Wildlife
The vast majority of Americans approve of hunting according to Responsive Management, an internationally recognized survey research firm in natural resource and outdoor recreation issues. A recent survey in conjunction with the National Shooting Sports Foundation...
Posted by admin | Mar 23, 2020 | Ecosystem Services, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Scenic Beauty, Wildlife
The yearly count of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico, released today, shows a decrease of 53% from last year’s count and is well below the threshold at which government scientists predict the migration could collapse. Scientists estimate that 6...
Posted by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | Community Resilience News and Resources, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Low Impact & Sustainable Development, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Regional Planning, Scenic Beauty
With the spread of the new coronavirus causing school closures and mandatory work-from-home measures across San Antonio, people are looking to nature as a place to get exercise and find a source of peace, even while staying at least 6 feet away from each other, as...
Posted by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | Conservation Easements, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Local, Sustainable Agriculture, Native Landscapes, News, Scenic Beauty
Fifth-generation Texans, David and John Talbot of New Boston, in February 2020 sold one of the last examples of unplowed native prairie in northeast Texas to the Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT) for permanent preservation as the Talbot Brothers Prairie...
Posted by admin | Mar 19, 2020 | Ecosystem Services, Habitat Conservation Plans, Land Conservation and Stewardship, Land Stewardship, Legislature and Regulation, Native Landscapes, News, Planning and Development, Public Lands, Scenic Beauty, Wildlife
Our natural world provides innumerable benefits to human health and economic prosperity. As wildlife and their habitats disappear, these benefits are compromised. Nationwide, experts have identified more than 12,000 Species of Greatest Conservation Need, including...