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NEW!! We now meet the second and fourth Mondays of every month at El Mercado Mexican Restaurant (1302 South First Street), from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Please join us for a lively dialogue focused on the protection and conservation of the waters, flora and fauna of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer. Look for the EarthShare of Texas display and tear-off coupons at the check-out stands in H-E-B and Central Market stores through-out April, and – please, support EarthShare of Texas and the Texas environment!
A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for the Save Barton Creek Association annual party! We had a number of conservation awards given out to outstanding community members who had a great impact on conservation in the last year and in some cases for a lifetime! Travis Country – Aquifer Prairie Preservation Award Travis County – Public Servants Protecting Our Water Award Imagine Austin – Imagining Austin Without State Hwy 45 Award Jack Goodman – Iron Butt Aquifer Hero Award (He served 23 years!) Shudde Fath – Lifetime Conservation Community Hero Award NEW: A trailer for this amazing new project has been released! Click here to check it out! SBCA is proud to support the new interactive documentary by Austin-based filmmaker, Karen Kocher. Living Springs will present the history, science and culture of Barton Springs from many different perspectives. Using a multi-linear, user-driven format, viewers navigate through a virtual underwater environment, meeting artists and scientists, poets and preachers who share their stories, their passions, and hopes for Austin’s most beloved natural resource. When complete, this is an interactive documentary will be available on-line and at the Beverly Sheffield Education Center at Barton Springs. Click here to see a trailer for the project and information on how you can support this exciting new project. Get updates and become a friend of Living Springs at www.facebook.com/livingspringsaustin. “Livings Springs Interactive” a documentary trailer from Karen Kocher on Vimeo. On Saturday, April 28, 2012, the third annual Barton Springs Pool Treeathlon will be held as a very, very short and fun “treeathlon” to raise “fun” and funds for Barton Springs Pool. Beginning at 10am, participants will swim ACROSS Barton Springs Pool, bike a short loop through Zilker Park , and then run a short course around the Polo Fields to finish at the Zilker Rock Garden picnic table area. The Treeathlon is a fun way to celebrate Barton Springs Pool, raise money for a pool-related project, and help keep that “Keep Austin Weird” vibe going for the Pool. . . . → Read More: Third annual Barton Springs Pool Treeathlon 4/28! Mopac was built for Austin commuters – help us keep it that way! Go to KeepMopacLocal.org and send a clear message to Travis County Commissioners and the Austin City Council to “Keep Mopac Local.” Currently Mopac operates as a local commuter highway, primarily serving local commuters. But a renewed push to connect the southern end of Mopac over to I-35 by way of the proposed SH 45 Southwest highway would make Mopac a western I-35 alternative. Traffic models show the SH 45 SW connector would add 30,000 cars per day to Mopac. . . . → Read More: Help Keep Mopac Local!!! A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us in celebrating our 32nd year of working to protect the six watersheds of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer! WHAT: Annual Party and Awards Ceremony. WHERE: Zilker Clubhouse, 200 Zilker Clubhouse Drive WHEN: Monday, November 21st, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. WHO: Save Barton Creek Association Board, members, and friends (YOU!) WHY: Because you love the aquifer, local food, beer, and good company. A Salt Lick turkey buffet will be served. NOTE: This is a free event, feel free to bring . . . → Read More: 2011 Annual Party! SBCA is soliciting proposals for “ground-truthing” the effectiveness of water quality control structures and/or land application wastewater treatment systems in the Barton Springs zone of the Edwards Aquifer. This study would be in the interest of preserving the water quality of Barton Springs and the Barton Springs Aquifer that recharges it, so please, if you or someone you know might be interested, click here to download the proposal request or click here to contact us. Thank you! Early voting for bond propositions began Monday and will end Nov. 4th so get out there and VOTE! Travis County voters can decide on $82.1 million in bond projects to improve parks and greenways, preserve natural spaces and buy land for parks, including proposals to acquire vast swaths of land in the eastern and western ends of the county. These projects allow us to put the parks and natural areas in place to serve this growing population, which has grown 26 percent since 2000, surpassing 1 million people! The Edwards Aquifer contains numerous intermittent and perennial springs throughout that are home to several species of solely aquatic, perennibranchiate (“always gilled”) Eurycea salamanders. Two of these species have two of the smallest known ranges of any vertebrate species, residing only in the complex of springs known as Barton Springs. Eurycea sosorum, the Barton Springs Salamander, inhabits the surface and immediate subsurface habitat (epigean) of Parthenia Spring (in Barton Springs Pool), Eliza Spring, Sunken Garden, and Upper Barton Spring. Eurycea waterlooensis, the Austin Blind Salamander, inhabits the deeper subterranean habitat beneath the surface of Parthenia, Eliza, and Sunken Garden. . . . → Read More: Barton Springs Salamander Update |
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Save Barton Creek Association is pleased to announce that H-E-B, in recognition of Earth Day 2013, has selected EarthShare of Texas to be the April beneficiary for its in-store coupon promotion. H-E-B customers can tear off and add check-out coupons worth $1, $3, or $5 to their total bill to support environmental work throughout the State of Texas for the entire month of April!
Save Barton Creek Association is pleased to announce the second year of The Reliant EcoShare, a way that Texans can support SBCA and offset their own carbon production at the same time. Reliant and EarthShare of Texas have launched a program that allows Reliant customers to help reduce their carbon footprints through the purchase of carbon offsets. And for each customer-purchased offset, Reliant will make a contribution to EarthShare of Texas and its participating organizations. As an EarthShare of Texas participating organization, SBCA will benefit from this program. For more information, follow this link to the EarthShare of Texas website