Category: Climate Resilience

Inside Climate News: Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead

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“Almost every other day, Charlie Flatten gets a call about another local water well gone dry.  Last week, he tried to help one woman find a water truck to fill

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August 15, 2023

Use Hill Country landscape to mitigate water risks

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This article is by Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation and Vanessa Puig-Williams, Environmental Defense Fund. It originally appeared in the San Antonio Express News on Aug 7, 2023. There’s a

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August 7, 2023

Water Wins & Losses: Key Takeaways from the 88th Legislative Session

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Texas Living Waters partner organizations were hard at work this session aiming to protect our water resources and to ensure healthy, safe, reliable water infrastructure for all Texans.  Prior to

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June 1, 2023

Texas Tribune: Texas lawmakers consider spending $1 billion for flood prevention and Galveston’s “Ike Dike”

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“Texas lawmakers could allocate about a billion dollars this year to prevent floods, but the potentially huge investment is just a fraction of the tens of billions of dollars that

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May 18, 2023

Amidst record growth, Texas needs to conserve its open land & water resources

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We’re used to bad water news in Texas. This #WorldWaterDay there’s something genuinely worth celebrating: Texas lawmakers are coming together behind two bills (HJR138/HB3165) that would grant $2 billion to

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March 23, 2023

It’s time for a water session at the Legislature

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by Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation and Suzanne Scott, The Nature Conservancy There are now over 30 million Texans. The state crossed that landmark in mid-2022, gaining the most new residents

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January 24, 2023

Key Solutions to Texas’ Water Woes Are Simpler Than We Think

Jennifer Walker
Jennifer Walker
Director, Texas Coast and Water Program at National Wildlife Federation
Jennifer Walker is the Director of the Texas Coast and Water Program at the National Wildlife Federation. She focuses on statewide water policy issues with an emphasis on water planning, infrastructure funding, urban water management, and bay and estuary protection. Jennifer is a water resources expert with twenty years of experience helping city, utility, and state agencies achieve ambitious water supply management and conservation goals. She has helped develop and inform strategic action by utilizing scientific and technical expertise, engaging stakeholders, and approaching resource management challenges with a solutions-oriented perspective. Jennifer is Chair of Austin's Water Forward Task Force, a team working to implement Austin’s groundbreaking 100-year water plan that is focused on deploying One Water solutions to meet future water needs. In 2021, she was appointed by the Texas Water Development Board to represent Environmental Interests on the Texas Water Conservation Advisory Council. Jennifer has a BS in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology from the University of Texas at Austin.
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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

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August 24, 2022

Thinking Beyond and Before the Ike Dike: Why Texas Needs Holistic Solutions to Coastal Protection

Danielle Goshen
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Policy Specialist/Counsel at National Wildlife Federation
Danielle became a member of the Texas Living Waters Project in August 2019. She attended the University of Toronto for her undergraduate degrees in environmental geography and environmental studies, with a minor in Geographic Information Studies. Later, she continued her studies at the University of Georgia School of Law. During her time at Georgia Law, Danielle interned at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 4 office and served as a Georgia Sea Grant Legal Fellow working on coastal resiliency policy. Danielle enjoys deep dives into rulemaking and state planning processes and works to improve policies in Texas that advance community resilience through research, advocacy, and outreach.
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The National Wildlife Federation was recently invited to give testimony to the Texas Legislature on the proposed Texas Coastal Barrier — a sprawling project that includes the so-called ‘Ike Dike’

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August 23, 2022

Texas Plans a Texas-Sized Response to Rising Seas

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In coastal Texas and many other places, walled cities are making a comeback. It’s quite a turnabout, as the efficacy of defensive walls had declined precipitously since the age of

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May 24, 2022

Report Finds Onsite Water Reuse Can Boost Affordable Housing, Spread Climate Resilience

Jonathan Seefeldt
Jonathan Seefeldt
Senior Communications Manager at Texas Coast and Water Program, National Wildlife Federation
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Strategic integration of onsite water reuse can bring financial and quality-of-life benefits to affordable housing residents, according to an extensive new study by the National Wildlife Federation. The report finds

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April 20, 2022

One Water in Action: Austin’s New Permit Center Proves the City is Serious About Water Reuse

Jorge Losoya
Jorge Losoya
One Water and Water Equity Fellow at National Wildlife Federation
Jorge Losoya serves as the One Water and Water Equity Fellow for the National Wildlife Federation's Texas Coast and Water Program. Through his work, Jorge seeks to find the nexus between innovative water management and water equity to bridge equity and justice efforts with water planning and policy in Texas. Jorge has an MS in Community and Regional Planning and an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. His research focused on water equity issues, disaster planning, displacement, and environmental justice. He also holds an undergraduate degree in Geography and Urban Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, where his studies focused on urban sustainability. Jorge is passionate about public engagement, participatory methods, and inclusive planning processes.
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You don’t normally expect to learn about the true potential of blackwater on your way to getting a tree permit. That’s now likely to happen to attentive visitors to Austin’s

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January 15, 2022

Austin is forging a path to a reliable water future

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Jennifer Walker
Director, Texas Coast and Water Program at National Wildlife Federation
Jennifer Walker is the Director of the Texas Coast and Water Program at the National Wildlife Federation. She focuses on statewide water policy issues with an emphasis on water planning, infrastructure funding, urban water management, and bay and estuary protection. Jennifer is a water resources expert with twenty years of experience helping city, utility, and state agencies achieve ambitious water supply management and conservation goals. She has helped develop and inform strategic action by utilizing scientific and technical expertise, engaging stakeholders, and approaching resource management challenges with a solutions-oriented perspective. Jennifer is Chair of Austin's Water Forward Task Force, a team working to implement Austin’s groundbreaking 100-year water plan that is focused on deploying One Water solutions to meet future water needs. In 2021, she was appointed by the Texas Water Development Board to represent Environmental Interests on the Texas Water Conservation Advisory Council. Jennifer has a BS in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology from the University of Texas at Austin.
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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

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October 18, 2021

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txwater Texas Living Waters @txwater ·
29 Sep

The Ike Dike could cost $57 billion over a 20-year period due to inflation and rising costs. That puts a much bigger burden on five coastal counties to raise the nearly $20 billion needed for local cost share, notes our policy specialist @DanielleGoshen.

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txwater Texas Living Waters @txwater ·
28 Sep

"To strike oil in America, you need water. Plenty of it."

A fascinating deep dive into how water supplies in Texas are threatened by "monster fracks" that pump aquifers and other vulnerable sources:

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daniellegoshen Danielle Goshen @daniellegoshen ·
24 Sep

A very serious and costly reminder of the importance of maintaining freshwater inflows. They are not just for the health of bay and estuary ecosystems — but for the proper functioning of drinking water systems as well.

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