Birding Group Promotes Conservation

Audubon Society, 1952 (Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, AR-Q-005-046)

Audubon Society, 1952
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, AR-Q-005-046

1952

In the face of Austin's post-war growth,Travis Audubon begins to express concern for the protection of Barton Creek's unique flora and fauna.  

Nobody anticipated the growth that Austin has gone through. They could’ve floated bonds and bought the watershed...and controlled what little development went on it.

— Shudde Fath, 2017 Interview

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A Chronology of Environmental Organizations

Audubon Society Formed
1952
Audubon Society, 1952
Austin Environmental Council Founded
1969
Engineer Russell Fish, Ecologist Dr. Frank Blair, Mrs. Fagan Dickson & Attorney Frank Booth
Anti Development Groups Organize
1978/79
Betty Brown, Zilker Park Posse
Provocative Activism Draws Attention
June 1990
Earth First! member photographs endangered birds on land slated for development
Save Our Springs Coalition Forms
August 1991
Environmental groups come together to present guidelines to protect Barton Springs and Barton Creek
SOS Coalition Becomes SOS Alliance
Sept 1992
Environmental Attorney Bill Bunch at the Texas Capitol
Hill Country Conservancy Founded
September 1999
Hill Country Conservancy Founder George Cofer Celebrates Purchase of Storm Ranch

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Events Related to Endangered Species

Audubon Society Formed
1952
Audubon Society, 1952
Black Capped Vireo Granted Endangered Status
1987
Black-capped Vireo
Emergency Protection For Golden Cheeked Warbler
May 1990
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Emergency Petition Filed For Salamander
January 1992
Barton Springs Salamander
Habitat Protection Rule Challenged
October 1994
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and Texas Attorney General Dan Morales
Balcones Canyonland Preserve Established
1996
Regional Habitat Conservation Plan Established
1996
Black-capped Vireo nest
Barton Springs Salamander Achieves Official Endangered Status
1997
Save Our Springs Sues Feds
June 2000
The endangered Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi), arachnid
Blind Salamander Listed
August 2013
Austin Blind Salamander
Golden Cheeked Warbler Endangered Status Upheld
February 2019