Enemies Mingle at Hill Country Conservancy Fiesta

Beer, brisket, and land preservation help unite political foes for a night

"...communities, which is to say that the Hill Country Conservancy's Lyrics & Legacy Gala, held last Tuesday night as..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Who's Taking Who?

The inside game of the 'property rights' legislation reveals the usual suspects

"...group with a tree-hugging name – the Texas Landowners Conservancy – moved the bill into the spotlight with the..."

May 13, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...second annual "Creek Show," produced by the Waller Creek Conservancy, opens tonight, Nov. 12, and runs for 10 days...."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Senate Bill Threatens Local Water Quality Standards

Armbrister attacks Austin's control over the aquifer ... again

"...climb. Attorney Dan Wheelus, a lobbyist for the Texas Landowners' Conservancy, says no one has ever justified that the..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Lege Wrap-Up

Miscellany

"...Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos. The bill's supporters, packaged as the Landowners' Conservancy of Texas, included landowners, developers, lawyers, Agriculture Commissioner..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...the local development controls by creating the Texas Landowners Conservancy, but failed to produce a successful bill. Commissioner Gerald..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Lege Wrap-Up

A look back at the 79th

June 3, 2005 News Feature

Opinion: Charity, Not Profiteering

Policy is needed to halt abuses in conservation

"...reaching out to land trusts such as Texas Land Conservancy and using conservation easements to make it happen. As..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Column by Ellen Gass

A Boy Named Sue

Jim Bob Keeps Up the Fight

"...Conservancy on Top Again..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department makes a timely hire: Jeff Francell, formerly of the Nature Conservancy as head of its land acquisition program.

"...As the former Hill Country representative for the Nature Conservancy of Texas, Francell was a key player in the..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Green Acres

Prop. 2 Seeks to Protect Water Quality - but at a Price

"...Epstein, has suggested that potential sellers and the Nature Conservancy, the nonprofit organization the city has hired to secure..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Hays County development continues apace, squeezing out rural residents and exacerbating water-use problems.

"...The newly formed Hill Country Conservancy -- which aims to buy land or the development..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

A Shifting Landscape

Texas Parks & Wildlife at an organizational crossroads

"...Sansom was hired by the state from the Nature Conservancy in 1987, during the tenure of Gov. William Clements..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Flippin' the Birds

Closing parts of Balcones Canyon Preserve angers mountain bikers and doesn't do enough to save wildlife.

"...Colorado River Authority, Texas Audubon Society, and the Nature Conservancy. The "BCCP," as the preserve is still commonly called..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Building a Better Hill Country Suburb?

Developers Dick Rathgeber and Terry Mitchell say

"...the endorsement of the board of the Hill Country Conservancy, a nonprofit land trust that would manage the open..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Jacob's Well, one of the most prolific and celebrated springs in Central Texas, has stopped flowing.

"...on the horizon. On Sept. 6, the Hill Country Conservancy (www.hillcountryconservancy.org) announced it will purchase a conservation easement on..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Keeping Austin Wild

As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space

"...including the Trust for Public Lands, the Hill Country Conservancy, and the Nature Conservancy are collaborating on a set..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Battle for the Springs: A Chronology

"...SOS Alliance as encouraging watershed sprawl, and because Nature Conservancy and city acted privately to use Terrace money to..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Conserving the Easements

The nature and expectation of "conservation easements"

"...easements when he was still working for the Nature Conservancy (he has since moved on to a position with..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Heritage Lost

"...After all, he came to TPWD from The Nature Conservancy of Texas (TNCT), an environmental group that buys and..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Great Springs Project Proposes a Network of Trails From Austin to San Antonio

Squaring conservation with development

"...take advantage of. GSP currently partners with Hill Country Conservancy, Meadows Center for the Environment, San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance,..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...their land in perpetuity." Then, the process of gaining landowners' trust and negotiating can take several years. Still, he..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

How Green Grows My County?

'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands

"...Bristol (now director of external affairs for the Nature Conservancy of Texas) and Hays Co. Com­mis­sioner Karen Ford. "I..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...of speculation going on," says James King, the Nature Conservancy's director of land protection. "There are some people out..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature

No Trespassing

illustration by Doug Potter TNC Goes Overboard in Protecting Barton Creek

"...who heads the Austin office of the Texas Nature Conservancy (TNC). According to Droese, Fries told him and his..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Liquid Proposition

Austin's Water Quality Protection Lands are few and far between: can they do the job they are meant to do?

"...Francell, formerly with the local chapter of the Nature Conservancy, a national land preservation organization, coordinated many of the..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Day Trips

Eagle Lake rallies around the endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken population with its annual festival.

"...Texas. Another 2,500-acre preserve is maintained by the Nature Conservancy in Galveston County. It was the loss of this..."

March 31, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Midland Tangles With a Rare Bird Republicans Fowl Property Rights

"...sell their land to a buyer like the Nature Conservancy or the Trust for Public Land would be diminished...."

June 23, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

TribFest Recap: Can Texas Plan Properly for Droughts and Floods to Come?

Are we "thinking as preciously about water as we can"?

"...Water Development Board, and Susanne Scott of The Nature Conservancy – mostly agreed that it was...."

Sept. 25, 2022 News Post by Lina Fisher

The Champion of Camelback?

Jonathan Coon pursues a complex project near the Pennybacker Bridge

"...the southside shoreline are owned by the Hill Country Conservancy – the Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve, on land..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

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