/tags/parks-and-wildlife Parks And Wildlife en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 20 May 2024 09:00:00 GMT /energy-environment/2024-05-20/travis-county-new-park-rgk-ranch-hamilton-pool-austin-texas-parks On Tuesday, AG真人百家乐 County will close on a deal to buy more than 1,500 acres of wilderness parkland for $90 million. The AG真人百家乐 County Parks Department plans to add hike and bike trails, parking lots and restrooms, but it won't be ready for the public for a few years. Mon, 20 May 2024 09:00:00 GMT /energy-environment/2024-05-20/travis-county-new-park-rgk-ranch-hamilton-pool-austin-texas-parks Sangita Menon /energy-environment/2024-02-22/san-marcos-single-use-can-ban As the City of San Marcos continues to grow, so does the number of people visiting parks and the San Marcos River. The city's "can ban" is now in effect. Council members hope the ban will help tackle pollution by prohibiting single-use beverage containers on the river and in certain parks. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:28:29 GMT /energy-environment/2024-02-22/san-marcos-single-use-can-ban Maya Fawaz /energy-environment/2023-07-05/can-austin-area-fish-take-the-heat There's a limit to how much heat a given species of fish can take. Popular Central Texas sport fish, like largemouth bass and sunfish, seek deeper water and shaded areas to beat the heat, but that's not an option for all fish. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 11:15:00 GMT /energy-environment/2023-07-05/can-austin-area-fish-take-the-heat Sangita Menon /energy-environment/2022-04-14/with-proposed-100-mile-trail-austinites-will-be-able-to-walk-the-trek-to-san-antonio The path will link Austin's Barton Springs, the Comal Springs in New Braunfels, San Marcos Springs and San Antonio Springs. Thu, 14 Apr 2022 19:28:04 GMT /energy-environment/2022-04-14/with-proposed-100-mile-trail-austinites-will-be-able-to-walk-the-trek-to-san-antonio Danielle Lopez /texas/2017-07-28/construction-of-first-border-wall-segment-to-begin-sooner-than-expected-along-rio-grande U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin constructing the first segment of President Trump鈥檚 border wall in November through a national wildlife鈥� Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:53:36 GMT /texas/2017-07-28/construction-of-first-border-wall-segment-to-begin-sooner-than-expected-along-rio-grande T. Christian Miller /austin/2013-06-20/council-approves-ambitious-park-plan-for-waller-creek As reported earlier this month, the Austin City Council got a look at the final version of a plan to redevelop the land along Waller Creek into a chain of鈥� Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:56:09 GMT /austin/2013-06-20/council-approves-ambitious-park-plan-for-waller-creek Hady Karl Mawajdeh /austin/2013-02-19/the-lead-putting-together-a-transportation-plan-building-permits-on-hold The Austin area should see mostly sunny skies today with a high near 70. The National Weather Service reports rain chances as high as 40 percent move in鈥� Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:26:48 GMT /austin/2013-02-19/the-lead-putting-together-a-transportation-plan-building-permits-on-hold KUT Staff /politics/2013-01-16/seven-state-parks-could-close-under-proposed-budget The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department would close seven state parks during the 2014-2015 biennium under preliminary budget proposals from the House and鈥� Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:29:18 GMT /politics/2013-01-16/seven-state-parks-could-close-under-proposed-budget Audrey White, Texas Tribune /texas/2012-10-16/feral-foodies-texas-parks-and-wildlife-offers-wild-game-recipes-on-youtube What to do with a feral hog?After dropping that pesky critter 鈥� perhaps while leaning out the door of a hard-banking helicopter over western Hays County,鈥� Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:51:04 GMT /texas/2012-10-16/feral-foodies-texas-parks-and-wildlife-offers-wild-game-recipes-on-youtube Mark Dewey