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Prescribed Burn at Blunn Creek Preserve

From the Parks Department: We are evaluating a potential prescribed pile burn at Blunn Creek Nature Preserve on Thursday, April 10 with Friday, April 11 as a fallback.  This pile burn will remove accumulations of dead wood, improve sight lines along the … Continue reading

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Announcements from the Parks Committee

On January 30th, Matt McCaw at PARD will be meeting with Council about burn and habitat management in City preserves like Blunn. We will know more after that about plans for Blunn, especially prescribed burn schedules and wildfire risk mitigation. … Continue reading

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Outdoor Bill of Rights

As part of Austin’s Cities Connecting Children to Nature Initiative, the Parks and Recreation Department along with dozens of partner organizations, created the Austin Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights. This resolution will be brought to City Council for their vote … Continue reading

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