The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is accepting public comments until May 22 on possible changes to how mountain lions are hunted in the state. Specifically, TPWD is looking at banning “canned hunts” and creating more humane trapping standards for the wild cats.
A canned hunt is the practice of trapping an animal and later releasing it for an easier, almost guaranteed hunt. Another rule change would make it illegal to leave a mountain lion in a trap for more than 36 hours. It would also encourage the use of breakaway traps from which the cats could escape if they are left snared for too long.
“TPWD encourages public comment on the proposed regulation changes, and input will be considered before any action is taken by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its May public meeting,” reads a media release from the state department.
The Highland Lakes is not known for its mountain lion population, but sporadic sightings have been reported in Horseshoe Bay and Marble Falls since at least 2008.
“TPWD does not specifically survey for mountain lions,” TPWD biologist Erin Wehland told DailyTrib.com in an emailed response to questions. “We do collect reports of sightings from the public. Based on the number of confirmed sightings over the past 5 years, mountain lions are considered uncommon in Central Texas. Mountain lions mainly target deer for their diet and their impacts are considered negligible.”
While Highland Lakes residents are unlikely to run into mountain lions in their backyard, the wild cats are a reality for hunters, ranchers, and hikers in the dense brushland of South Texas and the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas.
TPWD does not have an accurate estimate of the live mountain lion population in the state. It does try to keep track of reported dead mountain lions, which have been found in at least 67 counties, including Burnet and Llano counties, between 1983 and 2005. The department did not have a number.
Mountain lions are considered a non-game species, which means they can be killed at any time since they have no season and anywhere in the state by any means. The non-game species category includes other loosely regulated animals such as rabbits, armadillos, coyotes, frogs, porcupines, and freshwater turtles.
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The Real New Orleans Style Restaurant is moving from its location on RR 1431 to 2411 U.S. 281 in Marble Falls on May 2. The site is the former location of Moonie’s Burger House.
“We’ve decided it’s time to expand, to get bigger and better,” chef Desmond Green said.
The Cajun and Creole restaurant has been on the corner of Avenue Q and RR 1431 since 2006.
“It gets packed in here sometimes, and there’s a wait,” Green said. “We do the best that we can.”
The 5,687-square-foot site on U.S. 281 should alleviate that problem.
“We’re hoping to be able to provide more space and availability to serve the community,” Green said.
The new location will also include an outdoor patio.
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Seven candidates are vying for three seats on the Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board of Directors. Members in districts 1, 6, and 7 are eligible to vote beginning May 21. The PEC board approved the slate of candidates and the ballot at its April meeting.
The election runs through June 14. Winners will announced on June 18 and seated on June 21 during a 9 a.m. board meeting at PEC headquarters, 201 S. Avenue F in Johnson City.
Incumbents for all three seats are running for re-election. Only District 1 Director Milton Rister is unopposed. Rister was elected in 2018 to his first three-year term. This is his third election bid. Directors are limited to four, three-year terms.
Challenging District 6 incumbent Paul Graf for his seat are Garry D. Crain and Grover D. Clifton Jr.
Graf is seeking his fourth and final term on the PEC board. He was first elected in 2015 and is a retired energy and power company executive who lives in Spring Branch.
Crain lives in San Marcos and has more than 30 years of experience in executive leadership positions in energy and healthcare. He was appointed to the Texas State University System Board of Regents by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Clifton is a resident of Spring Branch. He has 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and is currently the vice president of operations for a large midstream company.
District 7 Director Amy Lea SJ Akers also drew two opponents: Daniel Ayala Jr. and Mark Jones.
Like Graf, Akers is seeking her final board term. She was first elected in 2015 and is a corporate transactions lawyer and business consultant. She also has experience in the construction industry.
Ayala is an educator and environmentalist who lives in San Marcos. He is vice chair of the executive board for Hays Consolidated Independent School District’s Diversity Advisory Council and vice president of the Texas Environmental Caucus.
Mark Jones lives in the Kyle/Buda area. His background includes three terms as a Hays County commissioner, 20 years with H-E-B, and 25 years as a home appraiser. He is currently a rancher.
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Marble Falls school district officials are again looking to crack down on purported poor behavior by some of its middle school students at the Marble Falls H-E-B, which is across Pony Drive from the campus. The issue was previously addressed by the store in March 2023.
The decision follows recent online comments from residents on sites such as Nextdoor alleging that students entering the store after school are stealing merchandise, vandalizing property, and accosting shoppers.
“These teens need a wake-up call,” one Nextdoor commenter wrote. “Where are the parents?”
Marble Falls Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Jeff Gasaway told DailyTrib.com he is personally contacting H-E-B representatives to address the problem.
“I’m going to be reaching out to H-E-B to find out what we can do as a collective to help them and also to ensure that the reputation of our students remains good and strong,” he said, adding that he was not aware of any cases of shoplifting.
The superintendent encouraged families to follow school protocol by collecting their students in the designated pickup lines at Marble Falls Middle School. Some parents have been picking up their children in the H-E-B parking lot.
“Hopefully, if parents will pick up their kids in the drop-off and pickup lines, that will curtail the problems with kids going over there,” Gasaway said.
An email sent to parents on April 18 by Marble Falls Middle School Principal Rudy Gonzalez echoed Gasaway’s concerns.
“For the safety of our kids, they really should be waiting here at the school to get picked up,” the email reads. “For our kiddos that walk home, we really need them to walk directly home and not linger at our local businesses.”
Gasaway invited families who can’t pick up students in a timely manner to inquire about the campus’ ACE program, an after-school tutoring program.
“We’ve got an ability for kids to get academic help and improve their grades by participating in the ACE program after school,” he said. “We’re going to be encouraging our kids to do that.”
Gasaway also reminded residents about the district’s lack of authority over students misbehaving off campus after school.
“We want our kids to always be a great reflection of us, their parents, and the community,” he said. “With that being said, when a student leaves Marble Falls ISD property, our ability to address concerns of their behavior off our property is very limited.”
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Pilot Wesley Perkins, 74, of Lakeway was killed in a plane crash on Monday, April 22, near the Spicewood Airport, 100 Piper Lane.
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers were notified of a “single-engine plane crash” at around 6:30 p.m. that evening and responded to the scene, where Perkins was later declared dead.
Perkins was reportedly the only person on the plane.
No cause for the crash has been released. The Federal Aviation Administration will continue the investigation alongside the National Transportation Safety Board.
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The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office will impose curfews and volume restrictions on future mass gatherings in the aftermath of the Texas Eclipse Festival at Reveille Peak Ranch in early April. Nearby residents complained of all-night music on four of the festival’s five days.
“We prepared for music, but we didn’t prepare for nonstop thumping music,” said BCSO Chief Deputy Alan Trevino during an after-action report on Tuesday, April 23, at the Burnet Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Coffee and Conversation meetup.
The Sheriff’s Office approves mass gathering permits in the county, and Trevino and other officials spent months negotiating with Texas Eclipse Festival promoters to make sure the 33,000-person event went as smoothly as possible. The festival ended early due to predicted storms the day after the April 8 eclipse.
“We had a once-in-a-lifetime event, the eclipse, and we had the largest event at a private facility—I would think ever—in Burnet County going on at the same time,” Trevino said.
Many Burnet County businesses lost money on what turned out to be a slow weekend prior to the eclipse. The county didn’t see the massive influx of visitors it expected and planned for with the area being in the path of totality.
In the lead-up to the celestial event, Burnet County officials told residents and businesses to prepare for swarms of tourists, including stocking up on supplies and staying open on the days surrounding the eclipse.
Amber Cardenas, who owns Bill’s Burgers in Burnet with husband Max, spoke during the chamber event and offered her point of view as a business owner.
“I feel like it’s worth mentioning that it was difficult the weekend of the eclipse,” she said. “We were down about 20 percent in business that weekend. I know it was even harder for those who were there just for that event. I don’t want to put that in a negative context because we are also very, very grateful for all of the work that everybody has done. We see it as an overall great experience, but it should be noted that it was pretty rough for the loss of income that was expected.”
Burnet County Tourism Director Blair Manning acknowledged Cardenas’ point.
“I agree,” Manning said. “I appreciate you not saying it in a negative way. The day after the eclipse, the last thing I wanted to do was come in front of people like you who own small businesses.”
Burnet County Emergency Management Coordinator Derek Marchio explains to the Coffee and Conversations audience how a cloudy forecast likely contributed to a reduced number of visitors for the eclipse. Staff photo by Dakota Morrissiey
Cardenas reiterated her belief that the eclipse’s impacts were good overall.
“You can always make more money, but you can’t take back somebody getting hurt or something terribly going wrong,” she said. “In the long run, we appreciate the planning more than the loss of income from one weekend.”
Manning offered a few solid statistics to paint a picture of eclipse tourism:
Over 50,000 pairs of eclipse glasses were distributed by the county and cities within it, enough to ensure every resident could get a pair.
The county saw a 35 percent increase in typical visitation from April 4-9.
Nearly 80,000 visitors came to Burnet County on April 8, the day of the eclipse.
Visitors came from all 50 states and at least 30 countries.
“Even though it wasn’t the huge mass of visitors that we were talking about, we did still have a pretty significant uptick,” Manning said. “But we would rather be prepared than not be prepared.”
Manning, the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office, and the Burnet County Office of Emergency Management spent more than a year planning for the eclipse and informing residents, business owners, and visitors about the potential impacts.
The county prepared for heavy traffic and a ton of tourists, even declaring a temporary state of emergency on the days surrounding the eclipse. Much of the preparation was based on reports from small towns in the northwestern United States of tens of thousands of visitors during the 2017 total solar eclipse. That region experienced extreme traffic delays and suffered shortages of essential supplies like food and fuel.
Manning attributed the less-than-expected impacts of the April 8 eclipse to the fact that residents here were more prepared than those in the path of the 2017 eclipse.
Burnet County Emergency Management Coordinator Derek Marchio agreed, adding that the cloudy weather forecast for the county likely scared off many of the day-trippers who originally planned to come.
“We lucked out with the weather forecast,” Marchio said. “In my whole entire life, I’ve never seen a weather forecast hold up for two weeks. The forecast for clouds started two weeks prior to this event, and it held through solid all the way up until the day of.”
The Sheriff’s Office logged about 300-350 hours of overtime on the days surrounding the eclipse, Trevino said.
“We planned as well as we could,” he said. “We planned as much as we could for every scenario that we could. While we wanted to have a big participation from out of county, 80,000 (visitors) is still a really good number.”
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A rare white bison calf was born late April 22 at Wagon Springs Ranch in Burnet.
“I’ve been told it’s a one-in-10 million chance,” said ranch owner Carl Chambers.
Chambers named the calf Untsi (pronounced Oon-chee) as an homage to his Native American heritage.
“It means snow in Cherokee,” said Chambers, who holds dual U.S. and Cherokee Nation tribe citizenship.
Untsi’s birth follows three years of concerted efforts by Chambers and his ranch staff to breed a white bison.
“We started with two (bison),” he said. “Now, we have about 30. We want to get to about 40, and we’ll be good.”
They found the right combination after breeding Untsi’s blonde mother with a blonde bull named Blanco.
Untsi’s father, Blanco, munches on feed while heading a herd of about 25 bison. Staff photo by Nathan Bush
“The end goal is to have quite a few white ones,” Chambers said. “I just don’t want an all-white herd because it can be hard to keep the genetics clear.”
The newborn bison was settled next to his mother in a pasture far away from the rest of the herd when this reporter caught a glimpse of nature’s miracle.
“This is the same pasture that (Untsi’s mother) was born in,” Chambers said. “I wonder if that’s why she decided to calve here.”
Untsi is his mother’s first calf, which means Chambers will have his hands full over the next few months.
“I’ll probably have to check if she’s nursing right,” he said.
It will take about five years for Untsi to grow to adult height and an another five years before he reaches full maturity.
“Bison in other areas get a lot bigger than what we have in Texas,” Chambers explained.
Chambers gave up breeding cattle a few years ago to pursue a lifelong dream of raising bison.
“I’ve always been fascinated by them,” he said. “They’re really remarkable.”
He noted how efficient the animals are compared to other livestock, including cattle.
“I guess that’s what thousands of years on the plains will get you,” said Chambers, referring to when wild bison herds roamed North America.
Chambers also spoke about the bison’s local history and how numbers in the wild have dropped to around 31,000 worldwide in recent years.
“I’ve heard stories that Burnet used to have bison herds that would stretch almost 90 miles long,” he said. “I would have loved to see that.”
Wagon Springs Ranch processes and trades its bison stock year-round.
“We got into it because we love it,” Chambers said.
However, Untsi has earned a lifetime stay at the ranch at just one day old.
“He’ll stay here forever,” Chambers said with a grin.
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The city of Burnet broke out the traditional golden shovels on April 23 to break ground on an almost 12,000-square-foot airport hangar. Construction at the Burnet Municipal Airport, 2302 U.S. 281 South, will begin immediately. The project is scheduled to be completed within the next nine to 12 months.
The $1.8 million Airport Hangar Project will cost the city $1.1 million, said City Manager David Vaughn.
“We have some federal money to help build it,” Vaughn told DailyTrib.com after the Tuesday ceremony. “We couldn’t afford it without $700,000 from the federal government.”
The airport needs the additional hangar space to grow, said airport manager Adrienne Feild.
“We don’t have any other hanger space that can house big planes like jets or bigger helicopters,” she said. “This is for a different classification of aircraft.”
Bids for proposals will be issued soon, Feild continued.
“We don’t know what’s going to go in it yet,” she said.
Crosby Flying Services, which manages the Fixed Base Operations at the Burnet airport, has some ideas on how to use the space.
“Crosby’s hope is to work out of it and facilitate maintenance and storage,” said Nicholas Bownds, the FBO maintenance manager. “The city’s hope may be different. Various people will be bidding on it for storage for their own personal aircraft.”
Kirk Noaker, colonel of the Highland Lakes Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force, is excited about the new addition to Kate Craddock Field. CAF houses its planes at the airport, which is also home to the annual Bluebonnet Airshow.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to monetize a public asset,” he said.
The only downside that Noaker, Bownds, and Vaughn can see is that around six old, large oak trees will have to be razed to make way for the added wingspan needed for the bigger aircraft.
“We originally designed it so it didn’t have to happen that way,” Vaughn said of the doomed trees. “But these bigger planes need their own apron space. There was no way to save the trees.”
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Granite Shoals residents are voting on 19 proposed changes to the city charter in the May 4 election. Early voting is currently underway and ends on April 30.
The city’s charter is its governing document, similar to the U.S. Constitution. A vote is required to make any changes to it.
The Granite Shoals Charter Review Committee made amendment recommendations to the City Council in March 2023, but those came too late to qualify for last year’s city election.
The Granite Shoals Charter Education Committee, another group, put together an educational pamphlet for voters in English and Spanish to spread the word about the proposed changes for the 2024 election.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Election Day, Saturday, May 4, at the Granite Shoals Community Center, 1208 N. Phillips Ranch Road. Early voting at the community center differs depending on the day:
Monday-Wednesday, April 22-24 — 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Thursday, April 25 — 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Friday, April 26 — 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday, April 29 — 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 30 — 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
AMENDMENTS
The proposed changes to the charter will be on the ballot in the form of a question to voters.
Proposition A
Shall Article III, Section 3.01 of the City Charter (Composition) be amended to remove language from the initial adoption of the Charter in 2005 regarding the appointment of City Council Place 5 because that position is now elected?
REASON: The council’s Place 5 is an elected position. Outdated language from the original charter states that Place 5 shall be appointed. This amendment would remove that language.
Proposition B
Shall Article III, Section 3.05 of the City Charter (Vacancies, Forfeiture and Filling of Vacancies) be amended to clarify the process used by City Council to elect a Mayor Pro Tem following the appointment to fill the vacancy of the Mayor Pro Tem position?
REASON: This amendment would clarify that a new mayor pro tem be elected by the council if that position is left vacant. Under the current rules, a new mayor pro tem must be voted on whenever there is a change of personnel of any kind on the council.
Proposition C
Shall Article III, Section 3.06 of the City Charter (Powers of the City Council) be amended to modify the powers of City Council to conform with Section 4.02 of the Charter, which grants the City Manager authority to appoint or remove the City Secretary subject to approval of City Council, and to amend Section 3.06 of the Charter to grant the City Council the authority to eliminate administrative departments and to perform annual reviews of the City Manager, Municipal Judge(s), and City Attorney?
REASON: This amendment would take the power to hire and fire the city secretary from the City Council and give it to the city manager subject to the council’s approval. It also gives the council the clear authority to eliminate administrative departments and perform annual performance reviews of positions hired by the council, including the city manager, municipal judges, and city attorney.
Proposition D
Shall Article III, Section 3.07 (Prohibitions) be amended to clarify that Council may not dictate the appointment or removal of contractors whom the City Manager is authorized to appoint, and to prohibit the mayor or any council member from holding a contractor position with the City for one year after the expiration of their term of office?
REASON: The city manager is the only authorized person to hire/remove contractors, and council members cannot be contracted with by the city within one year of leaving office.
Proposition E
Shall Article III, Section 3.10 of the City Charter (Conflicts of Interest) be amended to require the City Attorney to make recommendations to City Council members with a potential conflict of interest regarding an agenda item?
REASON: This amendment would make it a professional and municipal obligation for the city attorney to inform the City Council if it is dealing with potential conflicts of interest on its agenda.
Proposition F
Shall Article IV, Section 4.01 of the City Charter (City Manager) be amended to modify the City Manager’s qualifications and remove the statement that a City Manager is preferred but not required to be a resident of the City?
REASON: This updates the qualifications of the city manager position and removes language that cites a preference for the city manager to live within the city. Current interim City Manager Sarah Novo lives in Leander, and former City Manager Peggy Smith lived in Meadowlakes.
Proposition G
Shall Article IV, Section 4.01 of the City Charter (City Manager) be amended to require the City Manager to provide monthly financial updates to the City Council?
REASON: This would require that the city manager provide monthly financial updates rather than quarterly updates. The city ran into trouble with poorly presented financials throughout the tenure of a former city manager.
Proposition H
Shall Article IV, Section 4.02 of the City Charter (City Secretary) be amended to remove language describing the job functions of the City Secretary, because the City Manager determines these functions pursuant to Section 4.01(5) of the Charter?
REASON: The city manager establishes the job function of the city secretary.
Proposition I
Shall Article IV, Section 4.03 of the City Charter (Municipal Court) be amended to conform the City’s municipal court of record with state law by providing for a presiding municipal judge and one or more associate municipal judges serving four-year terms?
REASON: This would adjust the language of the city charter concerning the city’s municipal court to more precisely reflect the language in Texas Local Government Code. The current language is outdated, and this would align it with state law.
Proposition J
Shall Article IV, Section 4.04 of the City Charter (City Attorney) be amended to require the City Attorney to make recommendations to the City Council regarding potential conflicts of interest?
REASON: To line up with Proposition E.
Proposition K
Shall Article IV, Section 4.06 of the City Charter (Personnel System) be amended to remove the City Secretary from the requirement that the City’s personnel rules must include a plan for an annual evaluation of the City Secretary by the City Council?
REASON: The city secretary is reviewed by the city manager.
Proposition L
Shall Article V, Section 5.02 of the City Charter (Filing for Office) be amended to add a qualification for candidates for elected City offices that they be a qualified voter within the corporate limits of the City prior to the filing date to run for that office?
REASON: A candidate must live within the city limits and be a registered voter.
Proposition M
Shall Article V, Section 5.02 of the City Charter (Filing for Office) be amended to add a qualification for candidates for elected City offices that they remain a qualified voter within the corporate limits of the City while in office?
REASON: This change would add a qualification to candidates filing for office in the city. The amendment would make it clear that a candidate must continue to be a qualified voter while in office. This is currently not made explicitly clear in the charter.
Proposition N
Shall Article V, Section 5.02 of the City Charter (Filing for Office) be amended to add a qualification for candidates for elected City offices that a City employee must resign from employment with the City after being sworn into a City elected office?
REASON: An elected city official can’t be an employee of the city.
Proposition O
Shall Article V, Section 5.04 of the City Charter (Official Results) be amended to clean up language addressing tie votes in council elections and the canvass of council elections? REASON: A Typo in original charter (recall vs. runoff).
Proposition P
Shall Article IX, Section 9.02 of the City Charter (Duties and Powers) be amended to require the Planning and Zoning Commission to provide reports or presentations to City Council on potential costs or financial impacts regarding matters brought before the Commission?
REASON: Zoning changes must have a financial report presented to the City Council.
Proposition Q
Shall Article XI, Section 11.07 of the City Charter (Charter Review Commission) be amended to require an appointed Charter Review Commission to begin its functions by June 1st of the year in which it is formed?
REASON: Under the charter’s current rules, the Charter Review Commission can only be active for six months. With a mandatory June 1 start date, this would prevent the commission from starting later in the year, which would potentially prevent the commission’s proposed changes from making it onto the spring ballot.
Proposition R
Shall Article XI, Section 11.08 of the City Charter (Submission of Charter to Electors) be amended to comply with state law, which requires that voters be allowed to vote to approve or disapprove any one or more proposed Charter amendments without having to approve all of the amendments in a single vote?
REASON: Under the current rules, voters technically have to vote “all” or “none” on charter amendments. This conflicts with state law, which requires that voters have a choice on each amendment. State law supersedes municipal law, regardless of what is written in the charter.
Proposition S
Shall Article XIV, Section 14.01 of the City Charter (Nepotism) be amended to align the Charter with state law regarding the hiring of employees or contractors who are related to the Mayor, City Manager, or any City Council member?
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