For the Love of the Land: Ranch Becomes Showcase of Land Stewardship
Published in the November 2016 issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine. For the Love of the Land Blue Mountain Peak Ranch’s return to the past earns top conservation award. […]
Published in the November 2016 issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine. For the Love of the Land Blue Mountain Peak Ranch’s return to the past earns top conservation award. […]
Originally published in the March 2015 edition of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine. Wild Thing: Black Beauty Ranchers love the threatened Texas indigo snake. By Katy Schaffer As my dad […]
Originally published in the December 2014 issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine. Wild Thing: State Shell Lightning whelks are treasured for their spiraling homes. By Katy Schaffer Tiny calcified […]
Originally published in Orange Magazine, the University of Texas at Austin’s student magazine. The LBJ Presidential Library and Museum rises out of the green grass on the east end of […]
Published in Orange Magazine, the University of Texas at Austin’s student magazine. The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum stands tall and proud, much like Texas does among the United States. […]
By Mary K. Schaffer Tucked away in a lush green corner of Austin, just across the street from Zilker Park, lies the Umlauf Sculpture Garden, a hidden wonderland of glossy […]
By Mary K. Schaffer What makes Austin so special? The Salt Lick? Austin City Limits? The University of Texas? All of the above? Well, yes, Austin is unique because of […]
By Mary K. Schaffer October 30, 2012 Standing at just 5-foot-2, she flits around the study lounge, moving from her computer to her books to her bag, shuffling papers and managing […]
By Mary K. Schaffer April 20, 2012 Seventy-seven years after Walter Cronkite traced his last steps on campus, his spirit still abides at the University. His likeness, etched in four metal […]
By Mary K. Schaffer November 15, 2012 Planks of swirling blue glass panel the walls of the cool, bright atrium, transforming the once-empty space into a calming ocean. Light fills every […]