Vol 1, Issue 11

A federal appeals court will hear arguments Thursday in a lawsuit over whooping cranes that could have major implications for Texas water supplies and for natural resource planning across the United States. 

The new water bill has raised the profile of the Texas Water Development Board, which loans money for water projects and could be a powerful player in shaping water policy in the coming decades. 

Concerns over water levels in the Brazos River have sparked debate over who gets to use the river's water, how much water should be used and how much water should be left to keep the river healthy.

Because of drought-related water shortages, Texas Parks and Wildlife has cut water service to Guadalupe River State Park’s three campgrounds and restrooms on most weekdays.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the sharpnose shiner and smalleye shiner, two species of minnows that inhabit the prairie streams of the upper Brazos River watershed. 

Rapid population growth and development have stirred concerns over conservation in San Marcos, which was recently named the fastest-growing city in the nation.

The deaths of manatees, pelicans and bottlenose dolphins in Florida's Indian River estuary have sparked fears that the estuary's prized ecosystem may be collapsing.

The chief underwater archaeologist for the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University has joined an expedition to find and document historic shipwrecks off the coast of Colombia.

The Texas Water Development Board will host a symposium next week on water loss. Topics will include water-loss audits and strategies for reducing loss.

Using data from the Texas Water Development Board's reservoir status tracker, our auto-updating map visualizes the current state of Texas reservoirs.