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"...to replace Stovy Bowlin, who resigned in November, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District has hired Floyd Marsh, who..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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Our readers talk back.

"...topic. Since the Chronicle's voice on the future of Barton Springs, Mueller, and Stratus Properties is critical to the..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column

Gettin' Out the Vote

Singing Eric Mitchell's Praises

"...Councilmember Daryl Slusher, about the quality of water at Barton Springs. That took an hour as Mike Heitz, Drainage..."

May 2, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...its northern end, in Austin, as the fount of Barton Springs, but at its southern extent, it provides the..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Naked City

"...they somehow involve one of our creeks, lakes, or springs. With the goal of preserving the quality of Austin's..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Feature

Mayfield Fights Back

Ward and June Say Nay in Northwest Hills

"...superstore at the southeast corner of Mesa and Spicewood Springs Road. But resting on their laurels they are not...."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Zilker Vision Not Quite 20/20

Rewilding advocates call for more specifics as Zilker Vision Plan process nears end

"...conglomerate crossover of Zilker Neighborhood Association and Save Our Springs Alliance, who advocate for more of the park to..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

No Dripping Sewage!

"...Dear Editor, Dripping Springs' mayor says he doesn't want to put treated sewage..."

Feb. 6, 2018 Postmarks

Climate Outlook

We're in the critical stage of a drought, y'all

"...As expected, the board of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District has voted to declare a..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

'Chronicle' Used to Do Objective Endorsements

"...attacks on every aspect of these attempts to save Barton Springs and our city processes. Your hysterical rantings seem..."

May 12, 2006 Postmarks

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Happenings

"...A community forum, "Is Barton Springs Pool Safe?" will be held Thursday, March 27,..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"..."Did SOS Matter?," appeared this phrase ... "the Comprehensive Watershed Ordinance, just about the only piece of evidence that..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The council surrenders to Stratus and abandons its "Green" credentials

"...right, and he's doing all he can to protect Barton Springs. Or maybe he's the sellout and turncoat that..."

July 19, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Gasoline Alley

The proposed Longhorn Pipeline fuels debate because of its proximity to South Austin neighborhoods, schools, and Edwards Aquifer.

"...city of Austin, the Lower Colorado River Authority, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, and eight Hill Country ranchers,..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

Chamber of Avarice

Developers Costing City Its Future

"...the city limits, like Circle C and the proposed Barton Creek PUD, benefit the poor...."

July 7, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Naked City

"...the year after voters overwhelmingly passed the Save Our Springs Ordinance. Slusher's ascension followed in 1996, two years after..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin at Large: And Still, We Rise

Austin has liberated itself from exhausted narratives before. It's time to do it again.

"...Thirty years ago, in 1990, June 7 marked the Barton Springs Uprising, or PUD Night – when more than..."

June 12, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Then There's This: Longing for the Future

For better or worse, SOS was a political game-changer

"...memorabilia from the 1992 election on the Save Our Springs initiative. (You may have noticed we're observing the 20th..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...plans to build a corporate campus upstream from the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer recharge zone. The city has historically..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Woes for Lowe's

The big-bad big box gets stuffed – twice – in court

"...Brodie Lane should comply with the city's Save Our Springs Ordinance...."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council Does the Money Mambo

The bones of the city -- roads, sewers, power lines -- took center stage for last Thursday's installment at City Council of "Budget: How Low Can We Go?" Not as low as we might like.

"..."the planning department": Neighborhood Planning and Zoning, Public Works, Watershed Protection and Development Review, and Transportation, Planning, and Sustainability...."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Losing Our Lunch

"...featuring such concepts as "restoration and preservation" of the watershed. http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa_abstracts/grants/97/water/novotny.html...."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

To Opt, or Not?

How one neighborhood-planning team carefully weighed VMU's power to change its surroundings

"...an early VMU hotbed. According to George Zapalac of Watershed Protection and Development Review, of the nine VMU projects..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...deal preempted CSC from building in the environmentally sensitive Barton Creek watershed...."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Then There's This: Grandfathered Death Star

The Vested Rights Ordinance is new, but is it improved?

"...had been enacted as a means of protecting the Barton Springs Zone and other environmentally sensitive areas.)..."

April 25, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the state, and beyond

"...Co., on a site located in the Edwards Aquifer watershed, adjacent to Austin watershed protection lands and a rock-crushing..."

Feb. 6, 2009 News Feature

SOS Wrong on Wildflower Commons

"...Dear Editor, When Austin voters approved Save Our Springs, we failed to understand the impact of low-density development..."

Feb. 2, 2009 Postmarks

Beside the Point

Council on deck to approve slip-n-slide water deal with LCRA

"...resolution is Lee Leffingwell's nod to redevelopment in the Barton Springs Zone, aka Son of SOS, up for public..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Boxed out

"...voting 7-0 to keep mega-retail developments out of the Barton Springs zone of the Edwards Aquifer. The action was..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...Austinites, moved them between here and San Marcos, Dripping Springs. Cedar Park, Pflugerville, and Round Rock are now crawling..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

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