About 40 people at Cibolo Canyons Conservation Easement challenged a developer's proposal that could impact golden-cheeked warblers.
Homes in the CIbolo Canyons neighborhood surround a pocket of land that was declared a protected habitat for the endangered migratory golden-cheeked warbler.About 40 residents and environmentalists gathered on the edge of the 768-acre Cibolo Canyons Conservation Easement on Wednesday to protest a move proposed by a developer that they say will impact the golden-cheeked warbler — a federally protected songbird that breeds solely in Central Texas.
According to the federal register’s summary of the request, the developer hopes to build a new residential and multifamily development on the 63 acres. “We then had to submit our findings and request to the Nature Conservancy for their support prior to submittal to U.S. Fish and Wildlife,” Brian said. “I believe the duration is mostly related to all parties wanting to make sure that this was the best long-term solution for the warbler habitat and Conservation Area.”Success! You're on the list.
“On this side over here, this 63 acres is prime golden-cheeked warbler habitat,” said Britt Coleman, president of the Bexar Audubon Society. “The golden-cheeked warbler has very, very specific habitat needs. It requires old growth of ash and juniper forests and it also requires oak. The other 144 acres is not the same as this habitat here.”
The Edwards Aquifer is the vast limestone rock layer that holds the largest source of drinking water in the San Antonio region. It is an underground layer of porous, honeycombed, water-bearing rock that is filled primarily through precipitation that falls within the recharge zone — a 1,250 square mile area where highly faulted and fractured limestone allows large quantities of water to flow into the aquifer.
“We feel like this is a bait-and-switch by the developer,” resident Jim Selby said. Selby lives in Monte Verde, a neighborhood next door to the easement, and said he and his family frequent the trails along its edge where they like to go bird-watching.
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