Press

  • CRR on KEYE-TV's "Road Trippin'"

    PPLT's Colorado River Refuge will be featured on Central Texas' CBS Affiliate KEYE-TV as part of their segment called "Road Trippin'". Pines and Prairies Land Trust was so thrilled that the great team at KEYE-TV wanted to get the word out about what a beautiful and publicly accessible piece of land CRR is! PPLT Board Vice-President Joan Russell and Friends of the CRR volunteers Robert Vaughn and Dale Morrison are all featured in the segment talking about why they value Bastrop's wild places. 

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  • Out of the Ashes

    By Joan Russell –Vice President of PPLT

    First appeared in Saving Land, 31(1):38 a publication by the Land Trust Alliance

     

    Never doubt how quickly things can change. With the drop of a spark, our beloved Lost Pines ecosystem in Bastrop County, Texas, was devastated. The fast moving firestorm destroyed 35,000 acres of loblolly pines and post oaks, as well as 1,600 homes, many rural subdivisions and 95% of Bastrop State Park.

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  • Volunteers amass 150,000 seed balls to plant hope in Bastrop

    Ryan Fleming (l) and Sue Wiseman (r). Photo Alberto Martinez, American-Statesman

    Original article published in American-Statesman Dec. 23, 2011. Ryan Fleming says she just wanted to give a little something back to the people whose land was reduced to ashes in the Bastrop fires. "I wanted to let them know we were thinking about them," said Fleming, a member of the Capital Area Master Naturalists in Austin.

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  • Trail riding is like hiking with a four-legged friend

    There are plenty of places in Central Texas for equestrians to ride, including Yegua Knobbs Preserve, part of the Pines and Prairies Land Trust. Photo by Nell Carroll.

     
    There are plenty of places in Central Texas for equestrians to ride, including Yegua Knobbs Preserve, part of the Pines and Prairies Land Trust. Photo by Nell Carroll.

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  • Enjoying Colorado River Trails Close to Bastrop

    Joan Russell, a founding member of the Pines and Prairies Land Trust, pauses along the trails at the Colorado River Refuge. Photo By Mike Leggett

     

    Enjoying Colorado River trails close to Bastrop

    By Mike Leggett for the Austin American Statesman on Saturday, October 29,2011

     

     

    Photo: Joan Russell, a founding member of the Pines and Prairies Land Trust, pauses along the trails at the Colorado River Refuge.Taken by Mike Leggett

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  • Putting the Trust in Their Hands

     

    Putting the trust in their hands

    By Eric Betts in the Bastrop Advertiser on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 

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  • Land Trust Receives $25,000 Grant

    Land trust receives $25,000 grant
     

    Funds will be used for erosion control, habitat creation

     

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