Applying Wildfire Science to Land Stewardship in Central Texas

Home / Applying Wildfire Science to Land Stewardship in Central Texas Companion article to Episode 1 of our wildfire series with the Austin Fire Department Wildfire Division Scope note: This article focuses on wildfire risk and mitigation across the land itself, including vegetation structure, fuel continuity, and active management. A future episode and companion blog […]

Managing Ashe Juniper in Central Texas: When to Cut and When to Keep

Home / Managing Ashe Juniper in Central Texas When to Cut, When to Keep, and How to Use It Well Ashe juniper is one of the most debated plants in the Texas Hill Country. Once you move past myths and historical oversimplifications, a more useful question emerges. Not “Should we remove cedar?”But “What role is […]

Soil Health as the Engine of Water Health

Home / Soil Health as the Engine of Water Health in Central Texas In the Texas Hill Country, water outcomes are shaped long before rainfall ever reaches a creek, pond, or river. The condition of the soil surface and the living systems within it determine whether rain becomes infiltration or runoff. When soils function well, […]

Ashe Juniper in the Texas Hill Country: Ecology, Water, and Fire Myths

Home / Ashe Juniper in the Texas Hill Country Ashe juniper (Juniperus ashei) is native to Central Texas and the Edwards Plateau. Its presence in the region predates European settlement by many thousands of years. Fossil pollen records and historical ecology syntheses indicate juniper occurrence in Central Texas landscapes since at least the late Pleistocene¹. […]

Texas Hill Country Ecology: How the Land, Water, and Landscape Changed

The Texas Hill Country did not arrive at its current condition by accident. Its water challenges, soil loss, vegetation shifts, and flooding patterns are the result of more than a century of land-use change layered onto a complex ecological system shaped by flood and drought. This foundational guide explains how the Hill Country functioned, what changed, and why understanding that history matters for regeneration today.

Texas Hill Country, The Rise, Fall, and Repair: Regenerative Agriculture in Texas

The connection between humans and the land is a cycle of both giving and taking—a relationship that shapes our lives every day and will continue long after we return to the soil. Regardless of how we view our origins, we all depend on the earth. It’s where we build our homes, grow our food, and […]