{"id":472867,"date":"2010-03-25T10:59:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T14:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texaswatersolutions\/?p=133"},"modified":"2010-03-25T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T14:59:48","slug":"nature-conservancy-protecting-land-helps-protect-water-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/472867","title":{"rendered":"Nature Conservancy: Protecting Land Helps Protect Water Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texaswatersolutions\/files\/2010\/03\/tnc_logo_2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-134\" title=\"tnc_logo_2009\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texaswatersolutions\/files\/2010\/03\/tnc_logo_2009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"96\"\/><\/a>Laura Huffman, Executive Director of the Nature Conservancy of Texas, has opinion pieces in the <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/opinion\/Water_protection_is_a_wise_investment.html\">San <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/opinion\/Water_protection_is_a_wise_investment.html\">Antonio\u00a0Express News<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.txcn.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/dn\/opinion\/editorials\/stories\/DN-preserve_0315edi.State.Edition1.225a16a.html\">Dallas Morning News<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/opinion\/huffman-austin-is-leader-in-protecting-natural-resources-343760.html\">Austin American Statesman<\/a> newspapers this week discussing how the protection of vital open space and wildlife habitat benefits our water resources. Among other measures, she highlights open space initiatives over the Edwards Aquifer, the need for using conservation easements and other tools to help private landowners protect open space in the fast-growing Dallas\/Fort Worth area and the massive Balcones Canyonland Conservation Plan in the Travis County area. Worth a read!<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=KvB3OLA8wAg:0LIRNhstn2c:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=KvB3OLA8wAg:0LIRNhstn2c:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=KvB3OLA8wAg:0LIRNhstn2c:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=KvB3OLA8wAg:0LIRNhstn2c:u0Zhe-nyOHo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=u0Zhe-nyOHo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=KvB3OLA8wAg:0LIRNhstn2c:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/environmentaldefense\/~4\/KvB3OLA8wAg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Huffman, Executive Director of the Nature Conservancy of Texas, has opinion pieces in the San Antonio\u00a0Express News, Dallas Morning News, and Austin American Statesman newspapers this week discussing how the protection of vital open space and wildlife habitat benefits our water resources. Among other measures, she highlights open space initiatives over the Edwards Aquifer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4273,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}