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San Antonio area residents: Get involved in the North Sector Plan!

June 22, 2010

We all owe a large debt of gratitude to Hill Country Planning Association members Charlotte Kahl, Bebe Fenstermaker, Mary Fenstermaker, Susan Beavin, Kathy Murray, Kathy Smith, Mary Bradshaw, Bill Ward, Irene Scharf, Neal Hernandez and others who held their own with developers and their lackeys for months so that the plan for northern San Antonio will not be unmitigated low quality sprawl that threatens to compromise the Edwards Aquifer. Now, we need your help to comment on and contribute to the plan to make sure that what is incorporated into the City Master Plan reflects our shared values. Please alert your

Celebrate with GEAA!

April 14, 2010

Saturday, May 22, 2010 Steak Dinner and Drinks for Two – Open Bar Vegetarian option available Silent auction featuring a large selection of the best the Hill Country has to offer Raffle with 52 chances at 2 tickets to anywhere on Southwest Airlines and a set of new tires from Discount Tires (must be present to win) The Historic White Ranch Lodge Rancho Blanco 18744 Bandera Road Helotes, TX 78023 4:00 – 10:00 pm – Steak dinner served at 7:00 pm $125 per ticket for members; $150 per ticket for non-members *One ticket entitles two people to attend Buy tickets online,

Join us April 9th! Reception Featuring Keynote Speaker Al Armendariz

March 22, 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010 5:30 – 7:30 pm 6:30 pm – Keynote Address Blue Star Contemporary Art Center 116 Blue Star San Antonio, TX 78204 Libations and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Business attire For more information, contact: Elena Serna 210-320-1457 Elena@AquiferAlliance.org

Interested in GEAA’s BMP White Paper?

March 10, 2010

GEAA celebrates National Groundwater Awareness Week with release of an investigation on aquifer protection basins, commonly called BMPs. BMP stands for “Best Management Practice”. These BMPs are permanent structures required by State law to mitigate pollution from high density development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone. BMPs come in many shapes and sizes, and are site specific in design. Most commonly in San Antonio, a BMP is a concrete lined ditch filled with sand, which is meant to filter out some pollutants from the first flush of rain water. They can be found behind many of the businesses and homes located

Join GEAA for breakfast! Saturday, March 13

March 3, 2010

Long-time GEAA supporters Fred and Carol Fisher are hosting a fundraiser breakfast for us next Saturday, March 13th – featuring eggs from their backyard henhouse and Carlos Guerra’s famous cinnamon buns while supplies last. Feel free to stop by 334 Shannon Lee here in San Antonio anytime between 9:00 and 10:30 am to break bread (homemade, of course) with us and put some money in the kitty for GEAA while you’re there. Contributions based on your ability to pay will all go towards GEAA’s work of protecting our water. Please help us make this event a success – Spread the word

Join Us Feb. 26th! Reception Featuring Keynote Speaker Al Armendariz

February 2, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010 5:30 – 7:30 pm Blue Star Contemporary Art Center 116 Blue Star San Antonio, TX 78204 Libations and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Business attire For more information, contact: Elena Serna 210-320-1457 Elena@AquiferAlliance.org

Digging into healthy soil to battle climate change

October 12, 2023

By: Deborah Reid-Technical Director, Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance, for the Express News Oct 3,2023 Perhaps you are familiar with the vital role healthy soils play

Austin joins fight against proposed private dam on South Llano River

September 21, 2023

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 Austin Monitor BY NINA HERNANDEZ GEAA sends letter urging the city’s support of the resolution to seek a contested case hearing.

77 groups including GEAA join the Texas Coalition for State Parks to educate Texans on $1 billion dollar Centennial Parks Conservation Fund

September 8, 2023

Focus Daily News August 31, 2023 November 7th 2023 is a very important date for all Texans! GEAA is proud to join the Texas Coalition

SB 2038-Development in the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction and what it means for the environmentally sensitive hill country

August 29, 2023

In an Aug 24, 2023 interview with KLRN Public Television On The Record host Randy Beamer, our Executive Director Annalisa Peace delves into what a

Key update will help San Antonio better track carbon emissions

August 29, 2023

Express News Op Ed by Rachel Hanes and Jim Smyle Aug 20, 2023 GEAA’s Policy Director Rachel Hanes and Technical Director Jim Smyle cover the

A Comal County ranch owner ponders selling his land, setting off another clash between property rights and environmental concerns

July 14, 2023

TEXAS TRIBUNE BY NOAH ALCALA BACH JULY 13, 2023 When the owner applied for a state permit that could pave the way for a subdivision, neighbors and