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Frank Dietz’s June 2025 Column

HAVE YOU SEEN OR HEARD THE LOW WATER ALARMS OF COMAL COUNTY? Friends and neighbors, the low water alarms are blaring at us all over Comal County and our Texas Hill Country communities. We’re breaking drought records on many days as the historic drought nears crossing...

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Ryan Visits Leadership Knocks with Mark Caples

Ryan Spencer visits Leadership Knocks to talk about 'Drought, Data, & Drama.' Following up on the Drought and Demand Q&A session, Ryan Spencer takes to the mic in the Leadership Knocks shed to talk with Mark Caples, a Comal Conservation volunteer, and give a...

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Drought & Demand Q&A Transcript

'Drought and Demand' Your Questions Answered A panel from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, and The Texas Water Company discuss management of Canyon Lake water resources.  These are the answers to your questions. Read More   

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Frank Dietz’s May 2025 Column

Water makes such a difference! First, let me salute our local Herald-Zeitung journalists for a fine week of emphasis on the impacts of our severe drought and the increasing need for responsible water usage.  The daily front page reporting has been timely and...

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Building Right in the Hill Country

Building Right in the Hill Country Comal Conservation Presents: Building Right in the Hill Country was hosted on May 20th, 2025, at the McKenna Center.  Garrett Melcher representing ASA Properties discussed the Veramendi development and implementing low impact...

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Drought and Demand

Drought and Demand A recording of a public meeting about Canyon Lake water management with a panel that included Brett Mazey, Lake manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Nathan Pence, Executive Manager of Evnvironmental Sciences for Guadalupe-Blanco...

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Frank Dietz’s April 2025 Column

Lest the green open spaces elude us! Good conversations have been prompted from last month’s column. It and the presentation at the McKenna Center discussion of children and youth finding opportunities to learn and discover in our natural world have been notable. ...

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Children and Nature and Its Impact on Conservation

Children and Nature and its Impact on Conservation - Comal Conservation Community Program Sarah Coles Executive Director of the Texas Children in Nature Network highlights the disconnect that children currently have with nature and connects the dots between the...

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Frank Dietz’s March 2025 Column

Youth Can Soar in Nature! In the mid-60's my beloved launched her teaching adventure with young children. While she completed signing professional documents with the principal, I wandered about outside. A distinct feature at that school on the bluff of the Mississippi...

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