Project Bedrock

06/04/2026

For those who haven't read Wanted! Mountain Cedars and Alive by Elizabeth McGreevy, here's a 3-page synopsis. Courtesy of Sharon Hixson, Hill Country Master Naturalist and Kerrville NPSOT member.

05/31/2026

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$25,000. That is the line above which keeping money in a single che...

05/31/2026

When 40% of a watershed is clear-cut, a flood that used to occur once every 100 years can start occurring once every 3 years, and the bigger the flood, the worse the effect.

New research from , published in Forest Ecology and Management, examines a BC watershed to show how clear-cut logging reshapes flood risk — and untangles that effect from what's being driven by climate change alone.

The findings highlight that flood response depends not just on how much forest is removed, but where and when harvesting occurs across the landscape.

🔗 Read the full paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112726003932

05/22/2026

Register for next week's workshop about Hill Country water, featuring Rachael Lindsey. Make sure to bring a water bottle and comfortable shoes

05/19/2026

These once-water-filled Texas locations now stand dry, showing the real impact of drought and shifting weather patterns.

04/20/2026

Do you think the time has come to modernize the Rule of Capture? As one man said in the video, they did it to oil drilling.

Texas is facing a water crisis, and a billionaire is trying to cash in on it.Investor Kyle Bass wants to take 15 billion gallons of water from East Texas are...

04/11/2026

Giving a karst, soils, and forest talk with Nico Hauwert to Capitol Area Master Naturalists.

03/22/2026

Take a trip inside the H.E.Butt Foundation's limestone karst country cave.

Did you know there is an ancient cave on the H. E. Butt Foundation property? Watch the video to learn more.This video is part of a series that Laity Lodge Yo...

03/22/2026

Lichens can be used as visual indicators of your land's health. Come learn more from our regional specialist!
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Lichens are essential bio indicators of air quality, provide food for wildlife, and have historically been used for medicines & dyes. 🫟💉Who would have thought a symbiotic partnership between fungi and algae / cyanobacteria could create an organism capable of so much!?

🥐🇫🇷 Join us at la Madeleine on March 24th to learn all about these fascinating composite organisms. Feel free to arrive early around 6:30 pm to order food / drinks and socialize. The presentation will begin at 7 pm and run till roughly 8 pm with Q&A to follow. We hope to see you there!

Signup to attend via our website at savetexasstreams.org/monthlytalks

02/03/2026

Jaguars, along with bear, wolves, mountain lions, were native to Central Texas for over 10,000 years, with remains found in caves like Inner Space Caverns of Georgetown Texas. - Dr. Nico
Hauwert

Episode summary Jack Humphrey interviews filmmaker Austin Alvarado about his work on the new Fin & Fur Films documentary “Borderlands Jaguar,” which do