Naked City

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

"...in Lake Austin, they do see the florescent, exotic vegetation as a monster of sorts. It came to this..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Power Won’t Be Restored Fully In Austin Until Friday Evening

Slow restoration efforts continue as storm drags on

"...AE prepared ahead of time by trimming trees and vegetation, the storm brought more ice than anticipated, causing more..."

Feb. 2, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

As Austin Recovers From Winter Storm Mara, City Manager's Job Is (Again) on the Line

Walking on thin ice

"...dropped the ball on two key principles of crisis management: Respond to what your customers are telling you, and..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Surgery or Slaughter?

Austin Energy calls it "progressive forestry"; some of their customers call it "tree mutilation."

"...The city calls it "progressive forestry" and a "comprehensive vegetation management program." Some residents use more graphic adjectives, such..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Weathering Austin’s Next “Unprecedented” Winter Storm

Why we can't just bury the power lines or trim back all the trees

"...Spencer Cronk's storm-related sacking – was to scrutinize the vegetation management practices of the ratepayer-­owned city utility, Austin Energy...."

March 17, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Mayor Apologizes for Lack of Communication as 120,000 Austinites Are Still Without Power

Austin Energy "cautiously optimistic" about power restorations

"...Though Watson stressed that better vegetation management should be a priority in the future –..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Challenging Repair Work Amid "Horrendous" Conditions as Thousands Remain Without Power

Austin Energy lines sustain massive damage in ice storm

"...20 years of utility work. “This is not a vegetation management issue,” Richards said, pointing out that even areas..."

Feb. 2, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Liquid Proposition

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

"...program designed to help landowners cope voluntarily with rangeland management issues. To hear Conrad tell it, the work involved..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

City, County Issue Disaster Declaration, Seek Federal Funds for Cleanup to Come

Food Bank will be at two Eastside locations tomorrow

"...Protection, and one from Parks. Texas Division of Emergency Management and Texas Forestry, as well as ARR contractors, will..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Story on Trees Didn't Go Far Enough

"...them – à la Houston – as part of "vegetation management" by Austin Energy. Within the past month, city..."

Sept. 26, 2007 Postmarks

Will Austin's New Wildfire Code Be Enough?

"The risk is bad"

"...near undeveloped areas (referred to as "wildlands"); and inadequate management...."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...factors in both weather conditions and the amount of vegetation available to fuel a wildfire – 2022 has already..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...County would have called the state Department of Emergency Management, which then calls FEMA. FEMA contacts the Corporation for..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?

Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky

"...change is driving them to do." Another is landscape management: the provision of native plants, of vegetation and lakes..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Melany Jean

Llano Springs Ranch

The Vandivier family wins the Leopold Conservation Award for their restoration of an Edwards Co. ranch

"...awarded the prestigious Leopold Conservation Award for using sustainable land-management practices to turn the ruined Llano Springs Ranch in..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

J. David Bamberger has taken a slice of the Hill Country and restored it to pristine beauty.

"...Johnson City wasn't always a shining example of land management...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

ACC Needs Planning, Not Damning

"...resources and measuring their results. In spite of these management weaknesses, the faculty has for many years been providing..."

June 20, 1997 Column

Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Green Stormwater Infrastructure: only half the battle

"...an Integrated Green Infrastructure Plan. "Green" stormwater mitigation uses vegetation and other natural methods to manage runoff that are..."

June 30, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...side of a lifeguard chair, just above the uncut vegetation. Ivy spilled over the fence long ago, obscuring something..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Planting a Place in the Shade

Volunteers help Pease Park turn new leaf

"...The Wildflower Center recommended "a sustainable restoration and management plan ... to preserve the scenic appeal of this..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...Citing ongoing fights between private landfill operators Waste Management and BFI (now Allied Waste) and residents in nearby..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Page Two: Running in Place

Movie-serial style coverage plagues the most thrilling, genuine, and troubling Democratic contest in decades

"...their failings to shift focus from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Immediately, the party line was repeated exactly –..."

May 30, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

"...and to hold off on trying to re-establish lost vegetation with heavy watering. Automatic sprinkler owners are asked to..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Shoal Creek Boulevard Frankencurbs Draw Ire of Residents

Few defend bike/car compromise

"...the islands' ugliness to the ill-planned upkeep of their vegetation. Setting the tone for the entire meeting, a man..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Letters at 3AM

Stanley Crawford's new book, The River in Winter: New and Selected Essays, reminds us that we must all do our part.

"...to form the cycle. Then the river invented the vegetation that lines its banks, and the fauna that inhabits..."

June 27, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

'We've Got Climate Change'

Lee Nichols interviews UT biologist Camille Parmesan about the evidence and consequences of global warming.

"...kind of soil, you don't have the kind of vegetation that they're going to need...."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

A Clear View at Hippie Hollow

"...was difficult for us to see through all that vegetation," he added, "and rangers would have to beat the..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...not only the noxious water weed but all other vegetation and destroy what is now one of Texas' best..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

Naked City

Hydrilla

"...River Authority has signed off on an "integrated pest management" plan to tame the hydrilla scourge in Lake Austin...."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

Baseball, bats, obits, no buts, and environmental action figure into this year-end wrap-up.

"...when they agreed to setting the border at the vegetation line on the south bank, ceding the river to..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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