Houston Toad Clings to Survival in Bastrop

Worldwide study lists local amphibian as candidate for extinction

"...imminent extinction" worldwide. In other words, unless dramatic new conservation efforts are immediately enacted, the study predicted a sad..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...land with money from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. The Balcones National Wildlife Refuge was specifically created..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

LCRA Gets Its Pipe On

A near-unanimous vote to bring surface water to Hamilton Pool Road

"...Ayers family, which is known for its commitment to conservation efforts. As noted time and again, the board was..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...June 21, the board of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District voted to lift the "drought declaration" that has..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The acquisition of the LS Ranch tract brings city-owned conservation property across the county line to nearly 17,000 acres...."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Hall's Bumpy Road

Can Austin planners and the City Council ever bring an end to the local transportation wars?

"...traffic engineering to historic preservation, urban design, and water conservation. At the head of the department is Librach, an..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

It's A Gas, Gas, Gas For Longhorn

Looks like the Longhorn Pipeline is about to begin pumping gas.

"...of Austin, two landowners, and the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District that called for a closer examination of the..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Chronicle Endorsements

Chronicle Endorsements, May 4 election

"...Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District..."

May 3, 2002 News Feature

Capitol Chronicle

The Lege attempt at air pollution control gets shot down in court.

"...-- start withholding highway funds. The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, consulting with local and state interest groups, drafted..."

May 3, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Chronicle Endorsements

Chronicle Endorsements, May 4 election

"...Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature

Naked City

"...of the San Marcos River Foundation, who advocates strict conservation measures to ensure the survival of Texas rivers. The..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Creed No More

"...Edwards Aquifer may result in a lawsuit against the conservation district that has consistently denied the request. A legal..."

Feb. 22, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips lists his Top 10 traveling tales of the year.

"...The cornerstone of his administration has been common-sense conservation as he struggled with tight budgets and dwindling resources...."

Jan. 4, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

All Creatures Great and Small

With the current state of the environment, long belabored by activists and scientists who point to any number of warning signs of planetary collapse, it makes sense, Chronicle contributor Dan Oko writes, that writers with deep green inclinations would juggle literary aesthetics and scientific data in their efforts to jar us from the stupefying impact of too much information and too much bad news.

"...snow-covered grass." A few paragraphs later, Todd states simply: "Conservation biologists now view Schieffelin as an eccentric at best,..."

May 18, 2001 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

Trout Unlimited, along with residents of Canyon Lake, petition the TNRCC to stop the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority from taking more water from the lake, reducing river flows and potentially harming trout and the environment.

"...on behalf of GRTU before the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) on Wednesday, May 9, as the state..."

May 18, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Postmarks

The Balcones Situation argued, "Zionism" attributed, and some retaliatory kudos for DAILY TEXAN comics.

"...In discussions of important conservation efforts like the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, it is..."

April 20, 2001 Column

Capitol Chronicle

Charity Ends at Home

"...Conservation International..."

April 13, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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.

"...approach to getting things done. He understands landowners as conservationists, so it's easy for him to gain acceptance into..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Endorsements

"...the military, and devise an energy policy based on conservation and efficiency. He would encourage small-scale farming, work on..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature

Naked City

Millionaire heir Hatsy Heep Shaffer says developer Gary Bradley has been improperly claiming he has her consent to use water on her land for his development in southern Travis County.

"...Creedmore-Maha -- which applied to the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission to expand its service area to cover all..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

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

"...county to set standards for impervious cover and other conservation and pollution-reduction methods. But the path through the Legislature..."

Sept. 22, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

The TNRCC votes to delay working on ways to reduce Texas' contribution global warming, focusing instead on cleaning up pollution in the state's big cities first.

"...but the three commissioners of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission aren't going to rush any efforts to address..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Despite the many good arguments in their favor, Beverly Griffith's parks bonds and Raul Alvarez's housing bonds get shot down at council; meanwhile, Kirk Watson's $150 million transportation proposal glides through with nary a hitch.

"...unmet, that they had better proposals to address land conservation. Hours and hours were spent, both on the dais..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Down to the Wire

SOS, Bradley, and the city try to work out their differences and come to an agreement they all can live with on the Bradley Settlement.

"...SOS: the need for a third-party guarantor for the conservation easement, which is designed to keep about 84% of..."

March 10, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

sos board votes no on the proposed bradley settlement

"...€ Broad Exceptions: The proposed conservation easement has exceptions so broad that they effectively eviscerate..."

March 3, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

The Bradley deal is out in the open but no one seems to have an opinion on it.

"...councils to accommodate Bradley, not easier, and that the conservation easement would provide an extra layer of accountability and..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...developers? Even if not, is the mingling of public conservation dollars with developers' funds akin to accepting blood money?..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

A Dam Shame

Trout fishing group and recreational users oppose Guadalupe Blanco River Authority's plan to sell water to growing communities.

"...the Guadalupe Chapter of Trout Unlimited (GRTU), a national conservation group, will soon have a chance to air its..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

Postmarks

Sucking Us Dry

"...Brown justifies squelching the creation of 22 new groundwater conservation districts until Senate Bill 1, the state's blueprint for..."

May 21, 1999 Column

Sitting in Limbo

Upholding Tradition

"...agreement that the following goals should be pursued: land conservation, the implementation of Smart Growth policy goals, and a..."

May 7, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

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