HCC greatly appreciates the volunteers who got up early to pass out water to 20,000 runners on February 20th and the HCC Marathon team who raised $7110 for permanent conservation projects in the Texas Hill Country! Way to go!

Congress recently renewed a 2006 “expanded” tax incentive that enables family farmers, ranchers, and other landowners to get a significant tax benefit for donating a conservation easement on their land. That incentive had gone by the wayside at the end of 2009, but was recently re-enacted for 2010 and 2011 donations.

To date, through partnerships with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the City of Austin, the Houston Endowment and LCRA, the Storm family and Hill Country Conservancy have protected over 3,500 acres of Storm Ranch.