Press Clippings
1970s
Wilderness park plan may get ax (Austin American-Statesman, 06-19-1975)
Group to ask council to purchase creek land (Austin American-Statesman, 06-25-1975)
Editorials: Keep the green for tomorrow (The Daily Texan, 07-28-1975)
Bee Creek Basin Gets High Rating (Austin Citizen, 09-04-1975)
Basin Needs Funds (Hill Country News, 12-18-1975)
Wild Basin: Can It Be Saved? (Hill Country News, 02-12-1976)
County Sponsorship Sought For Wilderness Park Project (The Daily Texan, 02-19-1976)
Wild Basin Now Depends On Private Contributions (Hill Country News, 02-26-1976)
Projects Planned To Save Wild Basin Wilderness (Hill Country News, 03-25-1976)
'Fiddler' To Benefit Basin (Hill Country News, 04-08-1976)
Wild Basin: Effort Continues-- Of National Significance (Westlake Picayune, 05-07-1976)
Wild Basin Week Declared (Hill Country News, 06-03-1976)
Wild Basin Response Grows (Westlake Picayune, 06-18-1976)
More time given to Wild Basin (Austin American-Statesman, 07-07-1976)
Wild Basin Moves Ahead (Westlake Picayune, 07-30-1976)
Piccolo's Will Host Wild Basin Benefit (Westlake Picayune, 09-03-1976)
Wild Basin Group Honors Contributors (Westlake Picayune, 09-17-1976)
Wild Basin benefit set (Austin American-Statesman, 01-27-1977)
Park drive heartening (Austin American-Statesman, 02-19-1977)
Early Wild Basin: scenery secondary (Austin American-Statesman, 03-05-1977)
One contributor doesn't know it (Austin American-Statesman, 03-26-1977)
Elvis relics sweet tune for charity (Austin American-Statesman, 04-14-1977)
Business handed Basin offering plate (Austin American-Statesman, 05-05-1977)
Redford gives movie script for Basin fund (Austin American-Statesman, 05-14-1977)
Mounds of cash, checks surround Basin leaders (Austin American-Statesman, 07-02-1977)
Wild Basin wins (Austin American-Statesman, 07-02-1977)
Wild Basin plans contests: Fund-raising waterbed, rocking events set (The Daily Texan, 07-29-1977)
The lady who saved Wild Basin (The Austin Citizen, 03-08-1978)
Disturbing peace of Wild Basin (Austin American-Statesman, 03-27-1979)
Persistence paying off for Wild Basin committee (Austin American-Statesman, 07-01-1979)
1980s
So this is the "Wild Basin"-- Big Deal! [Cartoon] (Westlake Picayune, 02-14-1980)
It was a night for fun, fashion and fancy food (The Austin Citizen, 02-25-1981)
Possy's tune (The Austin Citizen, 02-25-1981)
Most Noteworthy Austinites of the Year (Home & Gardens, 01-1985)
Janet Poage changes direction (The Picayune, 01-23-1985)
Wild Basin needs help (The Picayune, 02-06-1985)
Wild Basin seeks herbarium (Westlake Picayune, 03-06-1985)
Travis bids to stop trial on land near Loop 360 (Austin American-Statesman, 03-20-1985)
Wild Basin land buy determined (Austin American-Statesman, 1985)
Developing the environment (03-27-1985)
Wild Basin land buy determined (04-09-1985)
Rare birds at risk in high-price nest (Austin American-Statesman, 08-19-1985)
Rare butterfly, moth sighted (The Picayune, 12-31-1985)
2005: The Year We Saw a Bird [Cartoon] (Unknown, 1985)
Wild Basin blazing trail for disabled (Austin American-Statesman, 02-14-1986)
City of Austin considers land swap purchase (circa 1986)
Wilderness Preserve plan urged (Austin American-Statesman, 04-01-1986)
Which way to Wild Basin? [Cartoon] (Austin American-Statesman, 04-25-1986)
Land swap sets example (Austin American-Statesman, 04-28-1986)
Council OKs Loop 360 land swap (Austin American-Statesman, 12-16-1988)
Wild Basin of Bee Creek (Unknown, Spring 1989)
Legislature passes Westbank bills (Unknown, 05-31-1989)
Many vireos, warblers not returning to Austin (Austin American-Statesman, 06-08-1989)
Studies under way to develop regional habitat (Westlake Picayune, 07-05-1989)
1990s
Stories from the Past: And Concern for the Future (Westlake Picayune, 03-21-1990)
Balcones Canyonlands plan encompassing, attractive (Austin American-Statesman, 03-04-1991)
Fair to help preserve Wild Basin, (Austin American-Statesman, 03-23-1991)
Trials Over Troubled Waters (Austin American-Statesman, 09-29-1991)
Wild Thing: Wild Basin needs help to keep it wild (Westlake Picayune, 01-22-1992)
Wild Basin founder Poage is remembered as no quitter (Austin American-Statesman, 10-04-1993)
Wild Basin dream comes true (Westlake Picayune, 05-24-1995)
Village Delivers (Westlake Picayune, 01-16-1997)
Grants make Wild Basin trails better than ever (Westlake Picayune, 02-04-1999)
WCC members hear updates on Westbank Library, Wild Basin (Unknown, 06-1999)
Intern contributions benefits Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve (Westlake Picayune, 08-05-1999)
No cloud too big to deter Wild Basin Preserve supporters (West Austin News, 08-05-1999)
Wild Halloween (Westlake Picayune, 09-02-1999)
Wild Basin development coordinator bids farewell to community (Westlake Picayune, 12-16-1999)
2000s
Hurray for hackberries (Westlake Picayune, 01-13-2000)
Basin brimming with activities (Voices from the Wilderness, 02-10-2000)
Carol Knepp tabbed top member of January (Chamber monthly news, 02-24-2000)
Art in the Basin (Westlake Picayune, 03-2000)
Nature's winter blanket covers many surprises (Westlake Picayune, 01-16-2003)
Longtime director bids farewell to Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve (Westlake Picayune, 03-04-2004)
From the 'burbs to the basin, nature's web connects us all (Westlake Picayune, 03-04-2004)
Basin: Trees beneficiary to humans, nature in multiple ways (Westlake Picayune, 05-13-2004)
New Wild Basin director plans for the future (Westlake Picayune, 06-03-2004)
Golf for the love of nature (Westlake Picayune, 05-12-2005)
Doing well and giving back (West Austin News, 09-08-2005)
The Basin's Future (Austin Woman, 10-2005)
Preserve plans major renovations (Westlake Picayune, 12-08-2005)
Wild Basin co-founder passes away at 88 (2005)
Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve gears up for improvements project (Westlake Picayune, 01-26-2006)
Core issues: Planners eye future of Wild Basin (Westlake Picayune, 03-02-2006)
Wild Basin officials express optimism about future (Westlake Picayune, 02-01-2007)
Lucille A. Brightbill Stegman (Austin American-Statesman, 11-03-2007)
2010s
Basin gets grant from Moody Foundation (Westlake Picayune, 04-08-2010)
Harmful non-native flora can thrive (Westlake Picayune, 10-07-10)
BCCP party marks a milestone (Westlake Picayune, 05-12-2011)
Lions invade Wild Basin (Westlake Picayune, 08-04-2011)
Warnings from Warren (Westlake Picayune, 10-06-2011)
Wild Basin is a resource for spectrum of students (Westlake Picayune, 06-12-2015)
This tiny bird still needs protecting (Austin American-Statesman, 07-23-2015)
Wild Basin fuel break grant finally gets OK (Westlake Picayune, 09-03-2015)
Undated
Wild Basin seeks trail guides; training set to begin in August
Basin collaborates with AYRW to help protect regional watersheds
Outdoors an ideal studio for St. Ed's artists (Westlake Picayune)
Official says Loop 360 work sullied wild preserve (Austin American-Statesman)
Wild Basin reaches agreement (Austin American-Statesman)
Wild Basin Fundraiser at Plaza on the Lake
Wild Basin land purchase approved
Merry Christmas for Wild Basin
City of Austin considers land swap purchase
Approve a Wild Basin variance (Austin American-Statesman)
Wild Basin Awarded Federal Funds
Camp offers youths a taste of nature
Travis bids to stop trial on land near Loop 360 (Austin American-Statesman)
Wilderness basin gets help for damage from Loop 360 (Austin American-Statesman)
Friends of Wild Basin will salute Poage with benefit
Loop 360 called threat to basin
Letters to the Editor: Hippie Haven, aka Wild Basin
Wild Basin to receive gift from Whole Foods