And it s not just happening in the summer months.
Back in the summer of 2019, several dogs died after visits to Austin-area lakes, where they ingested blue-green algae. It happened again right after the snowstorms this winter. The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) found the same toxic algae in several of the Highland Lakes.
Turns out, it could be a deadly side effect of our booming growth. Deadly day at the dog park:
A backyard game of fetch brings so much joy, yet so much sorrow for Claire Saccardi. It brings back a flood of memories of what happened two years ago after a quick trip to the dog park at Red Bud Isle.
Everything was there and then it wasn t : Developers allowed to skirt tree ordinance
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Trees were bulldozed to make way for new housing next to Government Canyon State Natural Area, in the background.Billy Calzada /Billy Calzada
In 2019, a city environmental plans examiner emailed then-state Rep. Roland Gutierrez to inform him he had violated San Antonio’s tree preservation ordinance by chopping down a large heritage oak without a permit on a lot he was developing.
“There will be a work without permit penalty of $2,000 assessed to your project,” Robin Loyd wrote to Gutierrez, D-San Antonio.
The fine didn’t stick.
Environmental concerns linger while trying to expand Loop 1604 to 10 lanes on North Side
Advocacy groups are criticizing the plans
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SAN ANTONIO – Construction is set to begin early next year on a major project to expand Loop 1604 on San Antonio’s North Side, but environmental concerns linger.
The Texas Department of Transportation plans to widen the roadway to 10 lanes, including HOV lanes, from State Highway 16 (Bandera Road) to Interstate 35.
Some environmental and public advocacy groups are still criticizing the plans. And the Public Interest Research Group recently added the project to its annual list of “Highway Boondoogles.”
“Our criteria are, generally speaking, projects that are way too expensive for solving the problem, and especially ones that have extreme environmental impact,” said Bay Scoggin, director of the Texas Public Interest Research Group or TexPIRG. “And 1604 falls in that later category.”