{"id":12409,"date":"2020-11-19T18:17:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T18:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=12409"},"modified":"2020-11-19T18:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T18:17:34","slug":"a-texas-conservation-agenda-for-population-growth-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=12409","title":{"rendered":"A Texas conservation agenda for population growth, climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the decades ahead, Texas will be the state most threatened by widespread summer drought among the lower 48, according to Suzanne Scott, state director of The Nature Conservancy in Texas.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Photo: Jacquie Ferrato\/The Nature Conservancy in Texas
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By ROZ BROWN
<\/strong>Texas News Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAN ANTONIO, Texas \u2014 Protecting natural resources in Texas safeguards jobs and drives economic stability; reasons Texans need best practices to address scarce water supplies and the effects of climate change, according to the new director of a major conservation group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suzanne Scott, state director of The Nature Conservancy of Texas<\/a>, said as the population grows, Texas communities must work together, and people need to take personal responsibility to preserve natural areas essential to the state\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re having hotter summers, we\u2019re having more intense storms,\u201d Scott observed. \u201cThe number of hurricanes that we\u2019ve seen this year should be something that people are noticing and wondering what\u2019s happening and causing things to be so different. And if this is what we\u2019re going to be seeing in the future, then what actions can we take?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott said more attention on land management practices is critical to ensure all Texas residents have safe drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before joining The Nature Conservancy, Scott was general manager of the San Antonio River Authority<\/a> for 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She noted since 1964, The Nature Conservancy has helped protect nearly one million acres of land and more than 200 miles of rivers and streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas is a state of unparalleled diversity; of cultures, climate, ecosystems and wildlife, according to Scott. She stressed from farming and ranching to major centers of commerce and vast coastal regions, all facets are equally important to the state and its economic success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople and nature have to thrive together and we have to see what we can do, as we grow as a state, and become the economic centers that we are in many of our cities,\u201d Scott asserted. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to see how we can balance the importance of nature and people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past century, Texas has warmed, with storms becoming more intense and floods more severe. Scott emphasized focusing on climate change will become even more important as coastal communities are threatened, freshwater resources are taxed to their limit, and the livelihoods of residents across the state are jeopardized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By ROZ BROWNTexas News Service SAN ANTONIO, Texas \u2014 Protecting natural resources in Texas safeguards jobs and drives economic stability; reasons Texans need best practices to address scarce water supplies and the effects of climate change, according to the new director of a major conservation group. Suzanne Scott, state director of The Nature Conservancy of Texas, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12410,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12409\/revisions\/12410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}