Not being from Austin and living in a city without the politics of karst, I am not familiar at all with the issues that go on there. I am curious though, as to how the various government entities and policies overlap and whose policy is above the other.
I think what I am getting at below is, that if a landowner in the area or a caver wanted to get involved in ( or just knowledgeable about ) the karst politics there, where do they get the Cliff Notes version, or "Karst Politics for Dummies," etc. For example, there is an entity called the Barton Springs Edward Aquifer Conservation District ( BSEACD ) and a policy called the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve ( BCCP ). The BCCP is just an acronym for a conservation plan of the USFWS. Right ? I presume that the lands managed by the BCCP fall within the jurisdictional boundaries of the BSEACD. Is that correct ? But the BCCP deals with all natural aspects of the lands being managed by its cooperating partners, not just groundwater issues, but is just western part of Travis County. Right ? And, do other agencies such as Texas Commission of Environmental Quality ( TCEQ ) have any authority the ones above ? or any others ? Can anyone put it all in layman's terms ? Also, I am curious as to which gov't official, who is a proven friend of karst, has the highest position on the totem pole. Maybe that isn't the right wording. The person considered most respectable in the gov't that cavers have connections with ? David Locklear Ref: http://www.tceq.texas.gov/field/eapp/apps.html http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/water/wildland/downloads/appendixg-balconescanyonlandspreservekarstmonitoring.pdf http://www.bseacd.org/about-us/framework-policies/ http://urbanwildlife2011.tpwd.state.tx.us/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Urban-Wildlife-2011/117128901633633 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
