Apr 19

The Notorious RBZs

Wild and woolly, lush and green, riparian buffer zones are the vegetated areas along the banks of a creek or river. Specialized assemblages of riparian trees, shrubs, vines, sedges, rushes, grasses, forbs, and ferns grow here, and together the work…Read More

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Aug 18

Creekside Neighbors Program – empowering residents within the Shoal Creek watershed

Creekside Neighbors Program provides residents in the Shoal Creek watershed with the resources necessary to help improve Shoal Creek’s water quality Through educational materials and technical guidance, Shoal Creek Conservancy is empowering residents to join its effort to make Shoal…Read More

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Jan 16

Nerding Out on the Hydrograph

What’s a hydrograph and why does it matter for watershed management? We unpack it all here.

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Oct 23

The Many Faces (And Facets) of Flooding

Flooding of Shoal Creek is not solely an issue of rainfall quantity or ferocity of storm.

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Aug 21

City of Austin concludes Green Infrastructure Public Meeting Series

On June 26, the City of Austin’s Green Infrastructure Working Group concluded a series of six public consultation sessions, a series which kicked off in January of this year as part of CodeNEXT, the City’s land development regulations rewrite process….Read More

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