Lake Ringgold hearing in Austin, Texas (October 9, 2026) For over a decade, Texas Conservation Alliance and property owners in Clay County have opposed construction of Lake Ringgold, an unnecessary reservoir proposed by the City of Wichita Falls. After the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved a state water rights permit for Lake Ringgold in 2024, TCA joined the Texoma Stewardship Coalition and numerous landowners in filing a petition in District Court cha

Native Tallgrass Prairie on the site of the proposed Lake Ringgold Lake Ringgold Bench Ruling Marks Major Victory for Conservation, Property Rights, and Common-Sense Water Planning Austin, Texas (October 9, 2026) - Texas Conservation Alliance thanks the many landowners, conservationists, and supporters who traveled to Austin today to attend oral arguments challenging the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s approval of the proposed Lake Ringgold permit. Their commitmen

Native tallgrass prairie at Lake Ringgold site As reported last summer, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) rubber-stamped a state permit approving the proposed Lake Ringgold, despite a strong recommendation to deny the permit by Judge Christiaan Siano, who had conducted the hearing in the case. Since then, TCA and landowners impacted by the proposed reservoir have filed a petition in District Court to overturn the permit. TCA and other plaintiffs expect a he

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On May 10, 2024, The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) granted a permit to the City of Wichita Falls to build the proposed 16,000-acre Lake Ringgold in neighboring rural Clay County. This despite a strong recommendation by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who took testimony on the permit that the permit be denied. “TCEQ has a long history of rubber-stamping reservoir projects,” said TCA’s Senior Policy Advisor Janice Bezanson. “We had hope of a better decisio

View PDF Newsletter Remembering Richard Donovan By: Justin Lannen, Chairman of the Board Pictured Left and Below: Richard Donovan canoeing the Neches River, taken by Robert Sloan On February 19, the Texas conservation community lost one of its greatest advocates. Richard Donovan’s contributions to TCA and to environmental conservation were deep and lasting. I first met Richard not long after I was hired as TCA’s office manager in 1999, which was not long before Richard launch

Thank you to everyone who participated and attended TCA's Annual Meeting on September 29 & 30, 2023, in Arlington, Texas! Open TCA's Fall Newsletter to see pictures from the event, read about updates on projects and advocacy, and learn of ways you can take action in our fall fundraiser! Read more about TCA's 2023 Annual Meeting here . From everyone at Texas Conservation Alliance - Have a wonderful holiday season and please take a moment to check out all the great happenings

If Ringgold is built, the people of Wichita Falls and its customer cities will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to build something they s

More than a dozen governmental and non-profit organizations and numerous individuals filed formal requests for a Contested Case Hearing.