Austin Environmental Council Calls for Conservation Czar

(Austin Times, January 22, 1970)

Austin Times, January 22, 1970

June 1970

The AEC pushes for the creation of a city environmental director, with the goal of institutionalizing an environmental perspective inside the workings of city government.

Planning coordination is the big thing and it is one of Austin's most crippling problems. This director could reverse this neglect before it severely threatens the city's future.

— Roberta Crenshaw, Austin Environmental Council Co-Founder

Letter by AEC Leaders on Creating a City Environmental Director and Department

Letter by AEC Leaders on Creating a City Environmental Director and Department
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A Chronology of the Institutionalization of Environmental Values

Panel Appointed To Protect Barton Creek
January 1966
Detailed Flood Plain Map
Call For City Environmental Director
June 1970
Office Of Environmental Resource Management Created
1972
City Manager Lynn Andrews, Environmental Director Stuart Henry (from left)
Citizens' Environmental Board Created
May 1972
Citizens' Environmental Board Meeting
Citizen Initiative To Guide Master Plan
1973
Dick Lillie with WeCare Austin
Developer Rebates Discontinued
September 1975
Councilmember Bob Binder's voting recording consistently sides with pro-environmental policy.
Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Groundwater Conservation District Formed
August 1987
The new district covers an area from the Colorado River south almost to the city of Kyle. The eastern boundary roughly follows IH35 & the western edge extends almost to FM 1626.
Regional Habitat Conservation Plan Established
1996
Black-capped Vireo nest
Green Council Elected
May 1997
1997 Green Council
Smart Growth Initiative Announced
1998
Travis County Conservation Plan Approved
December 2014
Graphical Representation of the Travis Land Water and Transportation Plan
The Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District Established
2019