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City and county outline shaded fuel breaks, monitoring and research for public preserves
Summary
Austin Water and Travis County staff described multi-agency work on the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve and other public lands, including shaded fuel breaks, monitoring partnerships with universities and prioritization by proximity to homes.
Justin Bates, division manager for the Wildland Conservation Division at Austin Water, and Jeremy Hall, Travis County assistant director of natural resources, described how public-land management fits into the county’s broader wildfire strategy.
Bates said Austin Water manages roughly 49,000 acres of protected land and works with the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve (BCP) framework that helped secure endangered-species mitigation for development. He said city and county land managers prioritize shaded fuel breaks — treatments that reduce understory and ladder fuels while…
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