Whooping Crane Case Could Affect State Water Supplies by Neena Satija As drought conditions and dry forecasts persist across Texas, lawyers will argue a case in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday that could have major implications for water supplies in the state — and for natural resource planning nationally.
Category: State Legislation’s and Issues
Agenda 21 and Development Sustainability Exposed – How to Reclaim Our Freedom, Founding Fathers’ Style
Welcome to the twenty-first century and all it has to offer. Easy travel, home theater, e-books, electricity, heat and air, computers … all accommodations we are taking for granted and we are happy to use and enjoy. We can stop thinking … after all, GPS systems will get us there, political analysis and news
A Truly Patriotic Speech
Dear Fellow Patriots, I would like to share this speech by Texas House Rep. David Simpson. It is a speech our Founders might have said. It is refreshing and full of common sense. I took the below video and summary of the speech from Rep. Simpson’s website. I highly recommend you to listen to the
Good News about the Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan!
On July 25 the Kerr County Commissioners passed the Resolution for Kerr County to be removed from the Permit Plan Area for the Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan. This is a great victory for Kerr County and we owe our thanks to Dan and Margaret Byfield, American Stewards of Liberty, and Charly Seale, Executive Director
Continue Reading “Good News about the Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan!”
Is a Three Inch Lizard Eating Up Ranch Land and Oil Companies in West Texas?
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is working to add the three inches-long Dunes Sagebrush Lizard to the Endangered Species list. However, extensive evidence shows that this move is not based on science. Environmental groups like WildEarth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity are opposing four Republicans lawmakers from New Mexico (Steve Pearce) and
Continue Reading “Is a Three Inch Lizard Eating Up Ranch Land and Oil Companies in West Texas?”
Texas Patriots Help Your Groundwater Rights
SB 332 on private groundwater rights is in trouble. With the excuse of unknown unwanted consequences, opponents to the bill and to our property rights are blocking the bill. SB 332 confirms only what the Texas legislature and courts have affirmed over the past 100 years: water underneath a property belongs to the landowner!
Urgent Message for Bexar, Medina, Bandera, Kerr, Kendall, Blanco, and Comal Counties and other Texas Patriots!
Please come prepared to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting for the Southern Edward Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan (SEP HCP). The meeting will be held on April 11, 2011 6:00 pm Scenic Loop Playground Club 18249 Sherwood Trail Grey Forest, TX 78023
Bills of Interest around the Country
Washington, D.C. White House and staffers of the House Judiciary Committee to meet early February to examine federal laws to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. HR 58 (Steve Scalise, LA) Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act, removes certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions. HR 227 (Sheila Jackson Lee, TX) Child
Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program
Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program and HB 2760 and companion SB 1595 HB 2760 and identical companion SB 1595 have been filed. They relate to species-protection programs for the Edwards Aquifer, the Guadalupe River Basin, the San Antonio River Basin, and the San Antonio Bay and estuary system and they impose, with voters’ approval, a
Continue Reading “Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program”
Native Endangered Species List in Texas
At least nine more species will be added in Texas to the native Endangered Species List, mostly freshwater mussels that may affect property rights around any freshwater body.