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 wins (circa 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)

Fund drive succeeds: Wild Basin backers raise needed $175,000 (Austin American-Statesman, 07-01-1977)

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 Committee for Wild Basin Wilderness wishes to thank a great many people for the successful conclusion of a drive to raise $175,000 (Austin American-Statesman, 08-25-1977)

The lady who saved Wild Basin (The Austin Citizen, 03-08-1978)

Wild Basin fund drive loses out on matching funds for land gift (Austin American-Statesman, 04-26-1978)

Disturbing peace of Wild Basin (Austin American-Statesman, 03-27-1979)

Persistence paying off for Wild Basin committee (Austin American-Statesman, 07-01-1979)

It's Now Time for Wild Basin (Southern Living, 10-1979)

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)

The Wild Basin Interpretive Center: Educational Resource or Crime Against Nature? (The Austin Chronicle, 12-11-1987)

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)

Wild Basin tournament raises $13,000 (Unknown, 12-02-1989)

1990s

Natural Wonders: Ecology programs teach youngsters to handle with care, (Austin American-Statesman, 03-18-1990)

Stories from the Past: And Concern for the Future (Westlake Picayune, 03-21-1990)

Life in the Balance: For endangered species the headlines conceal a simpler story - survival (Austin American-Statesman, 05-29-1990)

Balcones Canyonlands plan encompassing, attractive (Austin American-Statesman, 03-04-1991)

Fair to help preserve Wild Basin, (Austin American-Statesman, 03-23-1991)

Making nature accessible: Groups find ways to make areas available to mobility-impaired (Austin American-Statesman, 10-08-1991)

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)

Business, nature groups endorse Proposition 10 to fund preserve, (Austin American-Statesman, 07-30-1992)

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)

Wild about the Basin: New Preserve director brings wealth of experience to job (Westlake Picayune, 01-14-1999)

Nature and art come together at Wild Basin; Reservations under way for Haunted Trails (Westlake Picayune, 10-08-1998)

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

A gift to nature: Anonymous donor creates excitement at the Wild Basin with $100,000 grant (Unknown, c. 2000)

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)

Generous gifts result in key improvements at Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve (Westlake Picayune, 11-08-2001)

For the birds: Families invited to Basin's golden-cheeked warbler celebration (Westlake Picayune, 03-07-2002)

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)

Where the Wild Things are: St. Edward's makes Wild Basin a part of the university (Westlake Picayune, 10-08-2009)

Austin Water Utility plans controlled burn in Vireo Research Area near Basin (Westlake Picayune, 10-15-2009)