Around the State

Texas environmentalists are mourning the loss of J. David Bamberger, a Texas conservationist who died Saturday, Jan. 17, at his home Selah Bamberger Ranch near Johnson City. He was 97.

The group would include large power users who’ve been waiting a long time for interconnection and don’t need further study. It’s ERCOT’s first attempt at a new planning process in which multiple requests will be considered simultaneously.

You may be grabbing these gifts just under the wire but we think they’re some of the best choices of the year. This is the fifth and final installment in a five-part series comprising our 2025 Green Gift Guide.

This is the fourth in a five-part series, making up our 2025 Green Gift Guide by Andrea Ridout.

Teach your children how to care for the planet by giving them gifts with an eco-friendly twist. This is the third in a five-part series, making up our 2025 Green Gift Guide by Andrea Ridout.

Andrea Ridout has gathered some carefully crafted products thoughtfully made by Texans in Texas. This is the second in a five-part series comprising our 2025 Green Gift Guide.

The Constellation of Living Memorials’ inaugural symposium is set for Dec. 2 in Dallas. The Dallas-based nonprofit hopes to encourage thought leaders across the state to transform forgotten historic cemeteries into beautiful native landscapes and places of respite.

GrowOn at AGFarm in Bryan, Texas, started by Sharon Wells in 2013, grows fresh produce using aquaponics while empowering individuals with disabilities through volunteer work. The farm, operating sustainably without synthetic chemicals, sells produce directly and trains volunteers in various skills to foster mental and physical growth.

The GoFundMe project launched by Fort Worth Master Naturalist Jeff Quayle this summer aims to expand native plant selection in the nursery trade.

A program of Greenspace Dallas, the Lone Star Trail Building School is a two-day course held bi-annually at a Texas nature preserve. Participants learn all aspects of trail building, including design concepts, corridor flagging and construction. The fall session will be held Nov. 8-9 in Buescher State Park in Smithville, Texas.