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Salon of the West
They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?
"...up outside, working hard and learning about trees and water, about snakes and horses, and about the people who'd..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...prohibit snorkeling below the surface, and a ban on underwater cameras, have been put forward by the city of..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...of Trustees, the fate of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, and two spots on its board, should it..."

May 1, 1998 News Feature

Consumers Beware
Citizen Advocate Gets Bounced
"...but what do they know about utility rates and conservation programs? Enter McCollough...."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Column by Audrey Duff

Hitting the Trails
City Trails Vision Provokes Suburban Wrath
"...to such nature preserve programs as the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP). When creekside property owners became aware of..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature

Day Trips: Goose Island State Park, Rockport
Coastal park offers campsites and a fisherman's paradise
"...red drum, speckled trout, and flounder that patrol the water's edge looking for a meal...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Sitting Bull Falls, New Mexico
Hidden recreation area in the mountains
"...and tumbles 150 feet to a pool of cool water deep in a desert canyon. The springs are an..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Local Band Montopolis Scores a Multimedia Ode to the Texas Coast
Galveston (and you) will be blown away by this production
"...audience in a certain direction. There's a lot about conservation, which I'm very interested in, but also just the..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pioneers or Settlers?
Balancing renewables and affordability at AE
"...team of the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter (including conservation director Cyrus Reed, also a task force member), had..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Civics 101
"...TEXAS LAND CONSERVATION CON­FERENCE Do things like the state water plan, conservation..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Column

Eco-Currents: Talking Trash and Raising the Roof
Anti-litter campaign aims to clean up Austin creeks
"...book, The Texas Legacy Project: Stories of Courage & Conservation. The book includes excerpts of interviews with scientists, ranchers,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

This Isn't a True Emergency
"...seems to me that we don't truly have a water or energy emergency. If we did, they'd cost a..."

Aug. 26, 2008 Postmarks

Naked City
"...• The folks at the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District downgraded the aquifer's ongoing drought conditions from Critical..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature

Voters Opportunity to Speak to the Powers That Be
"...that saving Barton Springs is cheaper than paving its watershed? Does it make sense that ending secretly negotiated tax..."

May 10, 2006 Postmarks

Enemies Mingle at Hill Country Conservancy Fiesta
Beer, brisket, and land preservation help unite political foes for a night
"...matching funds, and more landowners are expressing interest in conservation or private land preservation easements. Easement agreements – like..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...Llano of the ACLU, defending the proposed "Clean Government/Clean Water" city charter amendments at a St. Edward's University debate..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature

Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...as of January. Many entities with permits to draw water from the aquifer must now implement their drought contingency..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Naked City
"...community's rural roads. Last Thursday the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District board denied a drilling permit application that would..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

Day Trips
Brazos Bend State Park and Palmetto State Park are unique among the hundreds of wildlife refuges in Texas
"...dense forest might have been lost had the Civilian Conservation Corps not installed a well to provide supplementary water..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...effort to force the retailer to comply with strict water-quality standards. Lowe's is building two big-box centers in the..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips
Abilene State Park is an oasis in the parched, red-dirt prairie
"...a spring-fed tributary of the Brazos River, has been watering the thick stand of trees for thousands of years...."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

There Goes the Sun
Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.
"...has for many years spent fairly generously on its conservation programs, so that hasn't exactly been free. (The utility..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Making a List
Examining the prospects for Austin's lobby at the 77th Legislature
"...swap some of its land in the Barton Springs watershed that was "grandfathered" -- that is, exempted from current,..."

Dec. 29, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Covering New Ground
Robin Rather talks about Austin's future, and her own, after stepping down as chair of the Save Our Springs Alliance.
"...AC: Is the direct purchase ofland and conservation easements the only way Austin and its citizens will..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Our Bodies, Our Cities
Austin and Beyond
"...the Lege pushed through SB 1, the most comprehensive water law ever passed, during the last session, the consensus..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

Wild, Wild Wildlife
Texas Parks & Wildlife's Andy Sansom
"...critical needs, and those are primarily in three areas: Water and sewer plants and water systems. So $50 million..."

May 9, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...reallocate $35 million authorized in the early Eighties for water and wastewater in far Southeast and Northeast Austin to..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

The Fight of His Life
Are Ronney Reynolds' Mayoral Hopes on the Ropes?
"...Air Control Board (TACB, since merged with the Texas Water Commission to form the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission)..."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

The Green Web
Money Trails, Voting Records, and Hummingbirds
"...the Edwards Aquifer. At this site, you can get water consumption totals by county, water-usage stats, estimated recharge levels..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

You Don't Need Money, Just a Little Bit a Month...
1996 AISD Bond Election
"..."functional equity" for all AISD students really mean that water quality, urban in-filling, and integrated schools will be sacrificed?..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

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