By Milann Guckian I am Milann Guckian, president of Preserve Our Hill Country Environment (PHCE) Foundation. It was in January 2022 that I last wrote about our ongoing battle with Vulcan Construction Materials and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ) regarding
An animal rescue group better known for saving photogenic fawns and hapless baby birds came to the aid of baby scorpions or “scorplings” found clinging to their dead mother’s back at a construction site. Kendalia-based Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc. (WRR) described
Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc. (WRR) Founder and President Lynn Cuny received the 2nd Annual Animal Grantmakers Melanie Anderson Lifetime Excellence in Animal Protection Award (LEAP) in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The award honors animal advocates who push boundaries, change the conversation and
A retiree in his 80s who has lived on two acres of land in Bulverde for 15 years is packing up and getting ready to walk away from his home. His water well, which once produced 7 1/2 gallons of water per
Residents living in the Canyon Lake area will not see an unbroken ‘ring of fire’ during Saturday’s solar eclipse, but areas southwest and northwest of New Braunfels will experience annularity, according to the New Braunfels Astronomy Club, which hosts an eclipse party
The new cave discovered along Canyon Lake’s shoreline is an “alcove of no significance,” geologically speaking. “One way to think about this type of a shelter cave is that the (Guadalupe) river cut a big groove in the bluff,” said George Veni,
The two-acre Madrone Trail Pollinator Garden at Canyon Park, 1769 Canyon Park Rd., officially opens Friday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. The site is open to the public at no charge and is within easy walking distance of the Madrone Trail parking
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) hosts a Patriot Day Hike at 7:45 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11 at the Bauer Unit parking lot in Guadalupe River State Park (GRSP). The hike is approximately 3.76 miles long. To see the hike’s route click
Kendalia-based Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation (WRR) saved 40 wild animals in ‘dire need’ on Tuesday alone. “The rains have stopped, the temperatures have broken records and the animals are in trouble,” said WRR Founder and President Lynn Cuny. Like the weather, this
by Azalia Rodriguez Defenders of Wildlife As the Texas Hill Country landscape continues to change, local wildlife is being pushed to its limits. Golden-cheeked Warbler populations are declining, indicator species in our waterways are disappearing, and migratory birds are being directed off