SBCA Receives APF Grant for Goat Cave Karst Preserve
On December 5, 2015, SBCA received a $8,860 grant from the Austin Parks Foundation to replace the existing kiosk and add additional educational signage at Goat Cave Karst Preserve, located at 3900 Deer...
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LIVING SPRINGS: THE NEXT EPISODE Kickstarter Campaign
LIVING SPRINGS: THE NEXT EPISODE will be called THE AGE OF CONCERN and tell the story of Austin’s first environmentalists and their efforts to protect Barton Springs and Barton Creek. We would love...
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SBCA Issues Resolution on Proposed Wastewater Discharge Application by City...
As of this month, Save Barton Creek Association has issued a resolution on The City of Dripping Springs’ application to discharge wastewater into Onion Creek. The City of Dripping Springs wants to dump...
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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Six Local Environmental Groups Urge City of...
On October 11, Save Barton Creek Association and five other environmental organizations sent a letter to the Austin City Council urging them not to allow treated sewage discharge into Onion Creek. Read...
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#NoDrippingSewage Rally This Friday at Barton Springs Pool
#NoDrippingSewage Rally Friday October 28, 5-7 pm Barton Springs Pool (near the statue to the left of the main entrance) RSVP on Facebook The Issue: The City of Dripping Springs has applied for a...
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#NoDrippingSewage Rally a Success
On October 28th, SBCA held a #NoDrippingSewage Rally at Barton Springs Pool. The event was a great success that got news coverage, educated people about the issue, and generated over 50 letters to...
View ArticleGreat News! EPA Issues Objection to Dripping Springs’ Draft Permit
We heard from our friends at Protect Our Water this morning. In September, they petitioned the EPA to review the Dripping Springs’ TCEQ wastewater permit. Today, the EPA issued an Interim Objection to...
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SBCA Hires New Director in 2017
SBCA would like to share the news that we have officially hired Angela Richter as Executive Director in 2017! For the past five months, Angela has served as Interim Executive Director and will...
View ArticleSBCA Part of Coalition on CodeNEXT Benchmarks
SBCA helped draft and support “Community Priorities for CodeNEXT” a document written and supported by a diverse stakeholder group including several environmental organizations. SBCA looks forward to...
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Recent Aquifer Study Shows New Data for Recharge Water
The new aquifer study “Stream Recharge Water Balance for the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer” was published in December 2016. The study recalculates the amount of contributions of...
View ArticleIt’s My Park Day!
Join Save Barton Creek Association on this family friendly adventure as we make final improvements to Goat Cave Karst Preserve. This is a year-long project funded by an Austin Parks Foundation Grant....
View ArticleBREAKING: New Letter on Dripping Springs Effluent to Austin City Council
March 6 2017: SBCA and five other organizations sent a March 6th Letter to Austin City Council Members asking them to withdraw from a bad settlement proposal and continue negotiations with a goal of no...
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CreekFest Sponsors
Thank you to those who have already signed up as 2017 CreekFest Sponsors! Austin Parks Foundation Hills Cafe Asakura Robinson Valley Mills Vineyards Big Frog Custom T-shirts Austin Ridge Riders...
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CreekFest this Saturday- Buy Tickets!
Save Barton Creek is proud to announce the first annual CreekFest! Saturday, May 6th Hills Cafe. (4700 S Congress Ave) 1-4 PM Buy Tickets Here Performances by: Steel Betty www.steelbettyband.com Austin...
View ArticleSBCA Maintains Opposition to SH45 SW
SBCA board members Steve Beers and Clark Hancock recently wrote an article for the Austin American Statesman on the SH45 SW project and the threat it poses to the aquifer. We encourage you to read the...
View ArticleSewage Update: Dripping Springs and the Legislature
There have been several new developments this Spring in regards to Dripping Springs’ proposal to dump nearly a million gallons a day of treated sewage into Onion Creek. While SBCA and our partner...
View ArticleSBCA on CodeNEXT
Save Barton Creek Association strives to be an objective opinion on Austin’s development in regards to water quality and green space integrity. Our organization analyzes Austin’s CodeNEXT zoning code...
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Austin Council Approves Green Infrastructure Resolution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2017 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Brian Zabcik, Environment Texas, 512-479-9861 Angela Richter, Save Barton Creek Association, 512-480-0055 AUSTIN COUNCIL APPROVES...
View ArticleSave Our Springs 25th Anniversary!
It has been 25 years since our momentous group effort to protect our beloved Barton Springs. We want all of our SBCA members to come to the South Entrance “big tree” on August 8th from 8pm to 9pm. We...
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Bill Oliver’s Mother Earth Day Festival
Bill’s annual Mother Earth Day festival will be September 15th this year. This is the 16th year that we’ve had families and lovers of Barton Springs come together to celebrate the end of summer and the...
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