By Dr. Margaret Cook and Jennifer Walker The shine may be coming off the data center boom. More than 70% of Americans oppose the construction of data centers in their
By investing $20 billion for 20 years in water infrastructure and supplies across Texas, the state is also helping to ensure that its natural resources — such as the rivers, springs, groundwater, coastal ecosystems and wildlife that define Texas — are preserved for the future.
This week, Texas voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 4, a constitutional amendment that dedicates $1 billion annually for 20 years to the Texas Water Fund. This vote represents the largest investment
With the adoption of the Onsite Water Reuse Ordinance on March 7, Austin is going purple and taking an important step toward ensuring that we are a water resilient city.
The National Wildlife Federation was recently invited to give testimony to the Texas Legislature on the condition of Texas’ water and flood infrastructure and cost-effective ways to improve it. Jennifer
Six short years ago, Austin confronted a grim water future. The long dry tail of the 2011 drought combined with record population growth and increasingly concerning climate projections to paint
By Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation & Bill Moriarty This summer, Travis County broke ground on the new Civil and Family Court Building. The 435,000 square foot facility is located
By Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation & Myron Hess, Tributary Consulting Texas Living Waters is an active advocate for the One Water approach because it offers tremendous opportunities for improving how water
Like most Texans, you likely depend on a water provider to deliver water to your home and business. You may not be aware of it, but water utilities also play
The Austin Central Library in Austin, Texas has gotten its fair share of hype – so much hype, in fact, that it was included on the Time’s 2018 list of
Depending on where your favorite creek is located, you could lose your arm of the river during the next drought – and that would be perfectly legal.
The buffer areas along our streams, also called riparian zones, are critical wildlife habitats and trees play a central role in the lives of many of the fish and wildlife species that live there.
