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

Outdoor-loving Texans can thank the federal government for requiring the state to firm up its state parks planning over the next decade.

Are diseased elk imported to Texas a threat to Texas wildlife?

Farmers Fight Boll Weevil Program in Court

A new Sunset Commission report recommends opening Texas' public lands to use by the public as parkland.

Texans Are Wild About Exotic Cats, but at What Cost?

Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic weed, is starting to choke Lake Austin.

Sea turtle advocates say Gov. George W. Bush should do more to protect endangered species of turtles, many of which are indigenous to the Gulf Coast and are harmed by pollution and the shrimping industry.

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

Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.

A Paucity of Parkland

Off the Desk:

Legislators introduce a bill to protect endangered Texas bats.

Aided by an infusion of new tax dollars from high-tech and other industries, Del Valle ISD finds success by investing heavily in school-to-career programs.

Trout Unlimited works to convince the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority not to increase the amount of water it releases from Canyon Reservoir, which the group says would harm a fragile trout fishery.

Austin Stories

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

An overview of the ecological crisis along the Rio Grande

Barn swallows like the Airport Hilton, but the Airport Hilton does not like barn swallows.

The nature and expectation of "conservation easements"

Cute Rodents 1, Lubbock 0

Travis County tackles coyotes in northwest Austin