To learn more about our Land and Water Initiative, please contact
Ben Eldredge, Director of Civic Engagement
ben@cibolo.org
The Cibolo Nature Center & Farm has a new name — same great mission.
Ben Eldredge, Director of Civic Engagement
ben@cibolo.org
The Cibolo Creek recharges both the Trinity and Edwards aquifers, the predominant sources of drinking water for the greater San Antonio region and provides other essential ecosystem services.
The Cibolo Center for Conservation has been the steward of the fragile Upper Cibolo Watershed for over 30 years. The Cibolo Creek provides critical aquifer recharge, and the preserved land along the Cibolo watershed encompasses over 850 acres of adjacent land along four miles of the Cibolo Creek. This land has been conserved though the partnership between The Cibolo Center for Conservation, the Cibolo Conservancy and the generosity and foresight of the Cibolo Preserve and other neighbors and partners.
The goals of the Land and Water Initiative are to:
Through civic engagement, we inspire a green vision for our community, supporting advancement of environmentally protective legislation such as Low Impact Development, and sensitive zoning.
Over our 30-year history, we have engaged experts in environmental education and developed regionally relevant programs. Adult education workshops are led by subject-matter experts to promote sustainable conservation practices on private and public lands.
The 100-acre Cibolo Nature Center, the 60-acre Herff Farm, the neighboring 650-acre Cibolo Preserve, and other adjacent working lands comprise the Cibolo Conservation Corridor that borders the banks of Cibolo Creek. These lands provide a rich landscape to model best practices in land management and to convene people to conduct important ongoing research.
Trained citizen scientists conduct weekly research and host two Wildlife Field Research bioblitz weeks each year. These data inform local decision-making and contribute to regional and national databases such as iNaturalist, eBird (administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology), Monarch Larval Monitoring Program at the University of Minnesota, and the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment.
Our Cibolo Land & Water Initiative is conducted collaboratively with many partners:
The Nature Conservancy of Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Cibolo Conservancy
City of Boerne
San Antonio Aquifer Protection Program
Kendall County Commissioners
United States Geological Survey
Edwards Aquifer Authority
San Antonio Water System
San Antonio River Authority
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
The Cibolo Preserve
Texas Department of Transportation
Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
Trust for Public Land
Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Boerne Independent School District
Hill Country Alliance
Texas Land Trust Council
Land Trust Alliance
Private Landowners and Developers