Turn Your Yard Into a Wildlife Habitat

Preserving the environment by letting your lawn go wild

"...it's a welcome one. Croteau's yard is a Certified Wildlife Habitat because the property provides the four basic habitat..."

April 21, 2017 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Local Wildlife Habitat Under Siege

Meanwhile, Martin Middle School's garden, bulldozed, has plans for a return

"...Wildlife habitat yards are supposed to be peaceful places, but..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Exotic Wildlife Tours, Mountain Home

Excursions to the wildlife habitat give a look at a Texas legend

"...Exotic wildlife tours at the Y.O. Ranch Headquarters west of Kerrville..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

"Habitat, Habitat, Habitat"

Excerpts from an interview with Robert L. Cook

"...Cook, newly appointed executive director of Texas Parks and Wildlife:..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Reports Detail Threats to National Wildlife Refuges

Energy exploration endangers refuges, including ones in Texas

"...call renewed attention to the vulnerability of U.S. national wildlife refuges. Defenders of Wildlife, a 475,000-member nonprofit conservation organization..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Consider Wildlife in Oakwood Cemetery

"...this has resulted in it becoming a haven for wildlife, including rare silver foxes and ravens. Yes, I said..."

Feb. 24, 2013 Postmarks

Day Trips: Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Unspoiled coastal refuge at its best in the fall

"...Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge outside of Brownsville conserves an unspoiled coastal habitat..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McCleod

Does Anybody Want the Warren Wildlife Gallery in Bouldin Creek?

Rick Warren's indoor safari brings turmoil to the South Austin neighborhood

"...series of etched posts welcomes visitors to the Warren Wildlife Gallery. But striking as the compound's exterior may be,..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth

by Jane Alexander

"...book about, but it is her sincere dedication to wildlife conservation that propels the core of this lovely travelogue...."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Wild in the City

Make a more natural garden with the Neighborhood Habitat Challenge

"...The City of Austin along with Wildlife Austin want you to compete in the third annual..."

May 13, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

A Shifting Landscape

Texas Parks & Wildlife at an organizational crossroads

"...11 years as executive director of Texas Parks and Wildlife, Sansom did just that: set forth programs designed to..."

Feb. 8, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Public Notice: Lyft Up; Uber Under

The city sorts out airport ride-booking, and Uber resists

"...but this one is actually pretty cool. The National Wildlife Federation has named Austin as the top city for..."

March 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Flippin' the Birds

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

"...by riding their mountain bikes through the endangered songbird habitat. When sport-utility vehicles topped by mountain bikes pulled into..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Nature Violates City Code

City's green goals conflict with its ordinances

"...she'd received a letter from staff at the city's Wildlife Austin program telling her that she had "a beautiful..."

July 1, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Warblers, Not Cars, on 2222

illustration by Doug Potter

"...proposed 30,000-acre Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (BCP), the system of wildlife sanctuaries that Austin voters directed the city to buy..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Time To Tweak Code Compliance

Wildlife Habitats could see reprieve with revisions

"...Are the Wildlife Habitat wars nearly over? Maybe. On Aug. 4, the..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...critters could read, that's how they'd interpret the "Certified Wildlife Habitat" signs dotting yards around Austin. The Jester Estates..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature

Yard War Truce? Let the Arbutus Bloom!

City backs down from razing forested yard

"...wrestling with the city's Code Compliance staff over her Wildlife Habitat-certified yard (see "From Shrub to Nub," July 8)...."

July 22, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Bloodthirsty Killers of Circle C

Victims take flight! ... Officials shrug! ... Stealthy predators stalk the suburban streets!

"...a non-native species is allowed to prey on our wildlife. What are we doing to our native species? What..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

A Liquid Proposition

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

"...as Public Lands Acquisition Manager for Texas Parks and Wildlife. Noting that the lands were selected with an eye..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

How Green Grows My County?

'Greenprints' aim to protect our most precious natural lands

"...master plan; WilCo also is developing a comprehensive regional habitat conservation plan, with a $1 million grant from the..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

From Shrub to Nub

City takes a chain saw to Laura Croteau's wildlife habitat

"...Coronado Hills homeowner Laura Croteau's attempts to protect her wildlife-friendly yard from city staff, whom she feels are targeting..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mercury, Cadmium, Arsenic, Grease ...

The Fish & Wildlife Service faults the EPA for failing to protect the Barton Springs Watershed.

"...Capital Area Builders Association wanted the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to loosen its regulatory grip...."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Day Trips

"...is taken to preserve open spaces, the report says, wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation opportunities could be severely limited..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Public Notice

Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers

"...Habitat for Humanity Site managers with people and construction skills..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

Public Notice asks not what it can do for its community but what *you* can. This week features the second of a three-part list of Austin area Volunteer opportunities.

"...Habitat for Humanity Site managers with people and construction skills..."

March 30, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Day Trips

"...Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) executive director Andy Sansom calls Government Canyon..."

May 14, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Retired Teachers Preach the Gospel of Green

Won't you be my green neighbor?

"...were already passionate nature lovers – they're both certified habitat stewards for the National Wildlife Federation and are active..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by James Scott Bankston

Naked City

"...his intention to have Austin certified as a Community Wildlife Habitat in the eyes of the National Wildlife Federation...."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

"...the U.S. House Agriculture Committee to boost funding for habitat preservation. In a March 12 letter to Reps. Larry..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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