urn:taro:utexas.cah.00488 A Guide to the Robert Brandes Collection, 1987-1997 EAD creation date 2006-05-08Encoded in XMetal 2 by Edward Sevcik according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Updated January 2011 by Lauren Algee. Descriptive Summary Brandes, Robert 1987-1997Materials are written in English. 98-309; 99-156 13 feet, 6 inches Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin Reports, news clippings, correspondence, notes and advocacy publications (1987-1997) relating to environmental and property rights issues primarily in Travis County, Texas. Biographical Note

Robert Brandes, a Lake Travis property owner, took part in the negotiations that surrounded the formation of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP): a program to coordinate federal, state and local interests in the management of endangered species. During the 1990s, Brandes attended and regularly spoke at meetings of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Executive Steering Committee, asserting that the rights of property owners like himself were being infringed by environmental extremism and improper government regulation. He also testified at state and federal legislative hearings, gave news interviews, and maintained a wide correspondence on environmental and land management issues. In addition to these activities, Robert Brandes sold and traded collectible Western belt buckles and related memorabilia.

 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, lecture and meeting notes, interview transcripts, news clippings, legal reviews, scientific reports, government documents and advocacy group publications (1987-1997, bulk 1992-1996) document the activities and reflect the interests of Travis County landowner Robert Brandes in the formation of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, The Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, land management policies for the Golden-cheeked Warbler and Black-capped Vireo under the Endangered Species Act, and other environmental issues. The collection includes annotated draft and final environmental impact statements for the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan and related initiatives, scientific and legal reviews of those drafts, and reports by the City of Austin, Travis County, state and federal agencies. Correspondence related to a Freedom of Information Act request by Robert Brandes concerns land management practices at the Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve near Austin. Notes taken at meetings of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Executive Steering Committee document the progress of negotiations among environmentalists, landowners, developers, regulators and other interest groups during the mid-1990s. The collection includes items and correspondence relating to United States Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt (served 1993-2001), Austin Mayor Bruce Todd (served 1991-1997), San Antonio Mayor Nelson W. Wolff (served 1991-1995), the Nature Conservancy of Texas, the Sierra Club of Texas, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and the Lower Colorado River Authority. The collection also includes correspondence with, and advocacy publications by, property rights and land management groups such as the National Wilderness Institute, The Texas Wildlife Association, The Society for Range Management, the Texas Alliance for Property Rights and others.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Babbitt, Bruce E. Brandes, Robert R. Subjects Austin (Tex.) History 20th century. Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge (Tex.) Black-capped vireo Endangered Species Program (U.S.) Golden-cheeked warbler Nature Conservancy of Texas Property rights in American history Wise Use movement Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 98-309/1 “Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan: Final Draft,” with appendices and maps, 1992 98-309/1 Bioacoustics Laboratory, “Report on the Draft Black-capped Vireo Recovery Plan,” July – August, 1991 98-309/1 “Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan: Revised Version” April, 1991 98-309/1 “Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan: Fiscal Impact Model FY 1992-2001 [Fiscal Year]: 2nd Revised Draft,” and related documents, 1990-1991 98-309/1 “Proposed Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge: Draft Environmental Impact Statement,” August, 1991 98-309/1 “Balcones Canyonlands Habitat Conservation Plan,” December, 1990 98-309/1 “A Review of the Comprehensive Report of the Biological Advisory Team,” January 10, 1992 98-309/1 Theodore K. Davis, “Comments on the Draft Range Map of the San Joaqin Kit Fox in Kern County,” with related documents, 1991 98-309/1 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Endangered Resources Annual Status Report, January, 1991 98-309/1 Austin Regional Habitat Conservation Plan: Executive Committee minutes and newsletters, April, 1989 – October, 1990 98-309/1 The Texas Nature Conservancy, Horizons, Spring-Summer, 1989 98-309/1 Sexton, Charles W., “Draft Biological Report on the Golden-cheeked Warbler and the Black-capped Vireo,” 1991 98-309/1 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, “Black-capped Vireo Reproduction and Dispersal,” June 25, 1991 98-309/1 Kroll, James, “Habitat Requirements of the Golden-cheeked Warbler: Management Implications,” July, 1991 98-309/1 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, “Habitat Requirements of the Golden-cheeked Warbler on the Edwards Plateau,” October, 1990 98-309/1 “The Habitat Requirements of the Black-capped Vireo and Golden-cheeked Warbler Populations near Austin, Texas,” [ca. 1990] 98-309/1 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, “Black-capped Vireo Management on Department Lands,” December 20, 1990 98-309/1 Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Sustainable Development Conference, Uniting the Basin / Uniendo la Cuenca, conference statement, May 22, 1994 98-309/1 “Quietly Conserving Nature,” National Geographic Magazine, December, 1988 98-309/1 “Water,” National Geographic Magazine, November, 1993 98-309/1 Pulch, Warren M. The Golden-cheeked Warbler Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 1976 98-309/1 Beatley, Timothy. Habitat Conservation Planning: Endangered Species and Urban Growth, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994 98-309/1 Echard, Jo Kwong, Protecting the Environment: Old Rhetoric, New Imperatives, Washington, D.C.: Capital Research Center, 1990 98-309/2 “Draft Environmental Assessment / Habitat Conservation Plan for Issuance of a Section 10(a)(1)(b) Permit for Incidental Take of the Barton Springs Salamandar ...,” July, 1998 98-309/2 Liberty Matters Journal, Winter, 1997-1998 98-309/2 “Issues Paper: Central Texas Rare Species Conservation Plan,” draft, February 25, 1998 98-309/2 “Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act: A Promise Broken.” NWI Resource [National Wilderness Institute], Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring, 1997 98-309/2 “Black-capped Vireo Management Guidelines,” United States Fish and Wildlife Service, [ca. 1997] 98-309/2 The Nature Conservancy, Annual Report – Fiscal Year, 1996, [ca. 1997] 98-309/2 The Nature Conservancy, Annual Report – Fiscal Year, 1997, [ca. 1998] 98-309/2 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, The Road Back: Endangered Species Recovery: Success With Partners, [ca. 1997] 98-309/2 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Habitat Conservation Plans: The Quiet Revolution, [ca. 1997] 98-309/2 CLE International [Continuing Legal Education], Regulatory Takings Conference proceedings, April 17, 1998 98-309/2 Barton Springs Salamander, news clippings, court filings and correspondence, 1997-1998 98-309/2 The Real Estate Center, Publications Catalog, [ca. 1997] 98-309/2 National Center for Policy Analysis, “Misconceptions About Environmental Pollution, Pesticides and the Causes of Cancer,” 1998 98-309/2 City of Austin, “Tier I Management Plan: The Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Overview,” May 2, 1997 98-309/2 Alan Hamilton and Robert Barnhart vs. City of Austin, Texas et al., court filings, 1998 98-309/2 City of Austin, draft management plans for Barton Creek watershed, Mount Bonnell Park in Austin, and Ullrich Water Treatment Plant in Austin, 1997 98-309/2 "Central Texas Rare Species Conservation Plan,” draft, October, 1997 98-309/2 Campbell, Linda. Endangered and Threatened Animals of Texas. Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 1995 98-309/2 Endangered species: news clippings, conference proceedings, legal filings, reports, 1996-1998. 98-309/3 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, clippings, conference proceedings, legal filings, reports, 1996-1998 98-309/3 United States Fish and Wildlife Service Southwest Region, “Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, Proposed Additions,” July 1, 1995 98-309/3 Philip J. Dion, speech to the Texas Nature Conservancy, May 12, 1995 98-309/3 Tucker, William. Progress and Privilege: America in the age of Environmentalism. Garden City: Anchor Press, 1982 98-309/3 “Map of survey of 143.57 acres of land out of the D&W RR [Dallas and Wichita Railroad] survey no. 101,” 1983 98-309/3 Map of government lands in the United States, 1995 98-309/3 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, correspondence, 1991-1996 98-309/3 Trashing The Economy, chapter 2, part 1 and related clippings, 1990-1991 98-309/3 Robert Brandes on Fox Television, transcript, November 8, 1996 98-309/3 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, “Notification of Barton Springs Salamander Listing as Endangered,” 1997 98-309/3 75th Texas Legislature, S.B. 1136 [Senate Bill], notes for hearing testimony, 1997 98-309/3 75th Texas Legislature, H.B 1609 [House Bill], testimony notes, correspondence and related clippings, 1997 98-309/3 Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, land acquisition reports and landowner correspondence, 1992-1997 98-309/3 Cato Institute, “Tax Cuts and Balanced Budgets: Lessons from the States,” September 17, 1996 98-309/3 Brandes, Robert, “Statement by Robert Brandes to the House of Representatives Committee on Resources: Endangered Species Hearing,” March 20, 1995 98-309/3 “Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Major Issues” lecture notes, news clippings, reports and correspondence, 1989-1996 98-309/4 “Partners in Wildlife” program description and correspondence, 1992 98-309/4 Travis County Landowners Survey Steering Committee, “The Endangered Species Act: Suggestions For Making it Work on Private Lands,” white paper and meeting notes, May – June, 1992 98-309/4 Brandes, Robert, “Memorandum on amendments to Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan,” with Austin City Council minutes, news clippings and correspondence, 1992 98-309/4 Correspondence on land management at the Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve and Austin Vireo Preserve, with aerial photographs and maps, 1990-1992 98-309/4 Correspondence with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service regarding Freedom of Information Act requests, 1992-1994 98-309/4 Balcones Canyonlands Habitat Conservation Plan, Executive Committee, meeting notes, May, 1990 – December, 1991 98-309/4 Brandes, Robert, “Voters Can’t Afford to Gamble on Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan”, with related memoranda, October, 1993 98-309/4 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Executive Committee, correspondence, January – March, 1992 98-309/4 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, research notes and correspondence, 1989-1992 98-309/4 Handouts at TFB [Texas Farm Bureau] meeting, statement by Texas Wildlife Association, October 7, 1991 98-309/4 “Birds – Correspondence #2”, notes and correspondence, 1990-1991 98-309/4 United States Fish and Wildlife Service Enforcement, correspondence, 1990-1992 98-309/4 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, citation to Robert Brandes, and related news clippings, February, 1991 98-309/4 Brandes, Robert, “Comments before House Environmental Affairs Subcommittee,” May 1, 1991 98-309/5 Annotated articles, news clippings and correspondence related to Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, 1989-1997 98-309/6 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, correspondence, 1990-1993 98-309/6 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, articles and news clippings, 1993 98-309/6 Texas Legacy Committee, “Report on Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan,” October 7, 1993 98-309/6 Resolution Trust Corporation and Texas Nature Conservancy, contract of land sale with legal review, 1991-1993 98-309/6 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Interim Coordinating Committee, meeting minutes, April – June, 1993 98-309/6 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Endangered Species Act Conference on Real Estate, proceedings, March 5, 1993 98-309/6 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, “Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Issuance of a Permit to Allow Incidental Take of Golden-cheeked Warbler, Black-capped Vireo, and Six Karst Invertebrates in Travis County, Texas,” preliminary draft, [ca. 1993] 98-309/6 Texas Nature Conservancy, “Black-capped Vireo Monitoring Program for Travis County, Texas and Vicinity,” 1990-1991 98-309/6 “Epitaph for an Ecosystem: Approach to Endangered Species Protection,” draft, [ca.1993] 98-309/6 Brandes, Robert, “Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan: Comments, Clarifications, Amendments,” [ca. 1993] 98-309/6 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan: “Schedule for Implementation,” with transcript of comments by Robert Brandes, 1993 98-309/6 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, correspondence, 1990-1993 98-309/6 Endangered Species Act of 1973, implementation materials, 1992 98-309/6 Brandes, Robert, “Recommended Changes and Additions to the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Submitted by Robert Brandes,” [ca. 1993] 98-309/6 Land Rights Letter, The 1992 Citizen’s Guide to the Property Rights Movement, Sharpsburg, 1992 98-309/6 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, LCRD [Lower Colorado River Delta?] and Austin City Council, meeting notes, 1990-1993 98-309/6 News clippings and articles on various subjects, 1990-1993 98-309/6 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, correspondence, 1994 98-309/6 Texas Department of Transportation, three reports on the biology of the Golden-cheeked Warbler, 1996 98-309/7 Sexton, Charles Wiley, “The Golden-cheeked Warbler,” with related documents, 1987-1992 98-309/7 Endangered Species Act of 1973 Reauthorization, testimony by [San Antonio Mayor] Nelson W. Wolff, [Texas Parks and Wildlife Director] Larry D. McKinney, [Nature Conservancy of Texas Director] David Braun, [Texas Representative] Jack Fields, [Lower Colorado River Authority Chair] Angela Flores Beck, [Williamson County Judge] John Doerfler and others, July 6, 1993 98-309/7 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, “Environmental and Construction Services Issue Paper,” [ca. 1991] 98-309/7 Competitive Enterprise Institute, In The Press, 1990, and related correspondence, 1990-1992 98-309/7 Ruhl, J. B. “Regional Habitat Conservation Planning Under the Endangered Species Act: Pushing the Legal and Practical Limits of Species Protection,” [ca. 1993] 98-309/7 United States Code of Federal Regulations 16:35 – Endangered Species, [ca. 1993] 98-309/7 United States Code of Federal Regulations 16:35 – Conservation, [ca. 1993] 98-309/7 United States Federal Register 56:225, pp. 58804-58836, November, 1991 98-309/7 Brandes, Robert, “Comments on the Endangered Species Act, Presented to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,” with supporting documentation, July 6, 1993 98-309/7 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, “Conserve as you Grow,” program documents, [ca. 1993] 98-309/7 Wolff, Nelson W.,Imbalance in the Endangered Species Act Threatens the City of San Antonio, [ca. 1993] 98-309/7 “Testimony of Texas Water Commission Chairman John Hall before the House Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources, San Antonio, Texas.” July 6, 1993 98-309/7 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, correspondence, 1991-1993 98-309/7 Barton Creek Properties, Inc., A Plan to Protect the Land... The Water... Austin’s Future, May, 1992 98-309/7 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, reviews by Texas Alliance for Property Rights and National Wilderness Institute, with audit report, ca. 1992-1993] 98-309/7 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, correspondence with Society For Range Management, realty agencies, legal counsel and others, 1992-1993 98-309/7 American Sheep Industry Association, correspondence, 1994 98-309/7 Texas Public Policy Foundation, press briefings, 1995 98-309/7 Community Conservation Plan Working Group, meeting minutes, March 21, 1995 98-309/7 Published articles on environmentalism, environmental management and land rights, 1987-1995 98-309/7 Natural Resources Foundation of Texas, National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition, correspondence, 1994 98-309/7 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, “Status Report, 1995” and related documents, 1995 98-309/7 Endangered Species Committee of the Building Industry Association of Southern California, et al. v. Bruce Babbit, court filings, May, 1994 98-309/7 Bruce Babbit, Secretary of the Interior et al., v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, et al., court filings, October, 1994 98-309/7 Nagel, Arthur W. “To All Warriors for Private Property Rights,” address to Riverside and Landowners Protection Coalition, October 13, 1994 98-309/7 “Testimony of Mary A. Davidson Before the Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries and Wildlife [:] Endangered Species Conservation and Private Property,” July, 19, 1994 98-309/7 United States of America v. Marinus Van Leuzen and Ronald Neal Hornbeck, memorandum of opinion and correspondence, March, 1993 98-309/7 Armey, Dick [U.S. Representative], The Freedom and Fairness Restoration Act, summary, [ca. 1993] 98-309/7 Alliance for America, membership materials and property rights information, [ca. 1993] 98-309/7 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, “Playa Lakes Joint Venture,” program information, [ca. 1993] 98-309/7 National Association of Homebuilders, “Endangered Species Act Workshop,” materials and correspondence, 1991-1993 98-309/7 “Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Final Draft,” with news clippings and correspondence, 1990-1993 98-309/7 Trashing The Economy, chapter 2, part 1 and related clippings, 1990-1991 98-309/7 “Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan,” April, 1994 98-309/7 “Uplands Water System: Land Use Assumptions, Capital Improvements Plan and Impact Fee Calculation...”, October, 1994 98-309/7 “Lower Colorado River Authority Endangered Species Worksession,” conference workbook, December 14, 1994 98-309/7 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Nature Tourism in the Lone Star State, [ca. 1995] 98-309/7 “Endangered Species Coordinating Council Workshop,” handbook, June 30, 1993 98-309/7 Sharp, John [Texas Comptroller], “Report on the Private Real Property Preservation Act (Senate Bill 14),” January, 1997 98-309/7 “Endangered Species Blueprint,”NWI Resource [National Wilderness Institute], Volume 5, issue 1, Fall, 1994 98-309/8a “Liberty Matters,” newsletter, 1996 98-309/8a Robert Brandes, “Transcript of Proceedings before the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Public Hearing,” November 14, 1995 98-309/8a Anderson, John, “This Land is My Land,” Smart Money, December, 1996 98-309/8a BCEP Park Landowners’ Association [Balcones Canyonlands Extortion Plan], correspondence, 1995-1997 98-309/8a Campbell, Linda, Endangered and Threatened Animals of Texas: Their Life History and Management, Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 1994 98-309/8a Travis County Commissioners Court, agenda and schedule May 9, 1995 98-309/8a Environmental Conservation Organization, “Eco-Logic: Reorganizing the World: Directory Edition,” Number 28, September-October, 1995 98-309/8a Property Rights Foundation, “Positions on Property Rights,” Volume 2:2, April-June, 1995 98-309/8a Allen, Catherine M., “Regional Habitat Conservation Planning: Is it Really the Answer to Reconciling Conflicts Under the Endangered Species Act?” master’s thesis, June, 1994 98-309/8a Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] request with related correspondence, 1995-1996 98-309/8a United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Region, “Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge: Proposed Additions,” July, 1995 98-309/8a Nature Conservancy International Leadership Council, news clippings and correspondence, 1995-1996 98-309/8a “Joint Economic Committee Staff Report: State and Local Taxation and Economic Growth,” December, 1995 98-309/8a Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, October, 1995 98-309/8a Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, “Getting Rich: the Environmental Movement’s Income, Salary, Contributor and Investment Patterns, With an Analysis of Land Trust Transfers of Private Land to Government Ownership,” 1994 98-309/8a Reason Foundation: Center for Market Progress, legislative agenda and related documents, 1997 98-309/8a Brandes, Robert, “Written comments for the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan,” with related correspondence, 1995-1996 98-309/8a United States Government Printing Office, A Citizen’s Guide to Using the Freedom of Information Act..., June 21, 1995 98-309/8a Texas Nature Conservancy, background research and related clippings, 1987-1991 98-309/8a Sierra Club v. City of San Antonio, et al., reply brief of amici curiae and related correspondence, 1996 98-309/8a Defenders of Property Rights: Property Rights Roundtable, proceedings and correspondence, 1995 98-309/8a “Regional Habitat Plans,” lecture notes and related correspondence, 1994 98-309/8a Environmental Conservation Organization, “East Texas Ecosystem Management Plan; Part of a Global Environmental Agenda,” presentation to the Natural Resources Foundation of Texas Conference, October 26, 2005 98-309/8a Trashing The Economy, chapter 2, part 1 and related clippings, 1990-1991 98-309/8a United States Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District: “Wetlands Research Program,” program information folder, [ca. 1995] 98-309/8a Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. [Limited Liability Partnership], “Brief to the Attorney General of Texas in Support of The Constitutionality of Texas Tax Code §11.23(c), Relating to the Property Tax Exemption for the Nature Conservancy of Texas,” September 14, 1995 98-309/8a Landowners set-aside in perpetuity, legal documents [partial], [ca. 1996] 98-309/8a Defenders of Property Rights, The Pocket Guide to Your Private Property Rights,with news clippings, 1995-1996 98-309/8a House Committee Report: S.B.880 [Senate Bill], “A Bill to be Entitled an Act relating to the authority of a local government or state agency to implement a habitat plan...” [1993] 98-309/8a Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, information on using the Freedom of Information Act, 1993 98-309/8a Endangered Species Coordinating Council, “Endangered Species Procedural Reform Act of, 1993,” political action information folder, 1993 98-309/8a CLE International [Continuing Legal Education], Endangered Species Conference, proceedings, May 16, 1996 98-309/8a Texas A&M University Real Estate Center, “An Analysis of the Impact of the Endangered Species Act on Texas Rural Land Values,” 1995 98-309/9 Brandes, Robert, NBC Nightly News [National Broadcasting Corporation] interview transcript, October, 1993 98-309/9 “Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Masters” legal analysis, memoranda, correspondence and reports, 1990-1995 98-309/9 “Boerne Hearing,” lecture notes with supporting documentation and news clippings, 1990-1995 98-309/9 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, “Conserve as You Grow: A Strategy for Regional Habitat Conservation Plan Implementation in the Balcones Canyonlands,” draft, February 14, 1994 98-309/9 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, “Conserve as You Grow,” program information, legal analysis, lecture notes and news clippings, 1994 98-309/9 CLE International [Continuing Legal Education] : “The Endangered Species Act,” conference proceedings and correspondence, April, 1994 98-309/9 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Phase III implementation, interview transcript with supporting documentation, September, 1993 98-309/9 “Interlocal Cooperation Agreement among The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, The Lower Colorado River Authority, Travis County and the City of Austin Implementing the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan,” 1993-1994 98-309/9 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, October, 1995 98-309/10 Oakland Citizens for Justice, “Attention to All Owners of Land (Property),” proclamation, reports and correspondence, 1993-1994 98-309/10 Brandes, Robert, statement to Citizens Task Force [City of Austin], and related documents, 1993 98-309/10 Hall, David R., “Should the Endangered Species Act be Amended to Require Compensation for the Use of Private Property?,” student report, May 14, 1992 98-309/10 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan: landowner survey, drafts, revisions, presentations, correspondence, supporting documentation, 1991-1993 98-309/10 United States Environmental Protection Agency, The Watershed Protection Approach: An Overview, December, 1991 98-309/10 Austin City Council Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Work Session, handbook, March 25, 1992 98-309/10 University of Texas Bureau of Business Research, “Economic Impact Study: Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Final Report,” September, 1992 98-309/10 Travis County Commissioner’s Court, “Travis County Landowner Survey: Focus on Endangered Species Issues, Final Report,” March, 1993 98-309/10 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Pre-Application Draft, October, 1992 98-309/10 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Travis County Landowner Survey: Focus on Endangered Species Issues, March, 1993 98-309/10 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Final Draft with appendices, February, 1992 98-309/10 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, Phase II and Phase III implementation guidelines, Robert Brandes interview transcript, October, 1993 98-309/10 “Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge, Proposed Additions: Final Land Acquisition Compliance Document,” May, 1996 98-309/10 “This Land is Whose Land?,” NWI Resource [National Wilderness Institute], Volume 6, issue 1, Spring, 1995 98-309/10 Community Conservation Plan Working Group, conference materials, 1995 98-309/10 City of Austin, “Questions and Answers on the Barton Creek Community Plan Agreement,” July, 1993 99-156/01 Kramer, Ken. [Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter] “Our Opposition to C. S. S. B. [Committee Substitute for Senate Bill] 1226 by Sen. Bivens – A Takings Bill With Significant Adverse Impacts” and supporting documents, May, 1993 99-156/01 “Draft Public Sector Phase of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Project,” with related correspondence and comments by Robert Brandes, 1994 99-156/01 Correspondence with legislators and advocacy groups regarding elevation of Barton Springs to federal status as an ONRW [Outstanding National Resource Water], June – July 1994 99-156/01 Newsletters, the Austin Sierran, The Lone Star Sierran and others, 1993-1994. 99-156/01 Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon, et al., v Bruce Babbit, Secretary of the Interior et al., court filings, February 1993 – March 1994 99-156/01 Take Back Texas, “Call it Anything but a Land Grab is a Land Grab,” with supporting documentation, August, 1994 99-156/01 “Texas Nature Conservancy Bioreserve Plan,” program information, supporting documents and related correspondence, 1991-1992 99-156/01 “Testimony of Texas Attorney General Dan Morales regarding property rights violations by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,” with supporting documents, September, 1994 99-156/01 Brandes, Robert. “Comments on Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Project,” February 1994 99-156/01 United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, “Ecosystem Approach to Fish and Wildlife Conservation,” March, 1994 99-156/01 Fulbright & Jaworsky, L.L.P [Limited Liability Partnership], “Proposed Designation of Golden-Cheeked Warbler Critical Habitat,” court filings, legal analysis and related correspondence, 1993-1994 99-156/01 Brandes, Robert, correspondence with Austin City Council and notes taken at City Council meetings, 1994 99-156/01 “Private Property Rights and the ESA [Endangered Species Act],” testimony of Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) before the Clean Water, Fisheries and Wildlife Subcommittee..., with supporting documentation, July 1994 99-156/01 Brandes, Robert, “Comments/Clarifications/Amendments [to the] Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan, with supporting documentation, February 1992 2.325/K151 2.325/K151 City of Austin & Travis County, “Habitat Conservation Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement,” March 1996 2.325/K151 Research binder 2.325/K151 The University of Michigan School of Natural Resources & Environment, “Balancing Public Trust & Private Interest: Public Participation in Habitat Conservation Planning, A Summary Report,” December 1, 1998 2.325/K151 City of Austin Parks and Recreation, “Public Forum Concerning Access Issues For The Balcones Canyonlands Preserve,” December 4, 1998 2.325/K151 Clippings, research, and correspondence 2.325/K151 Meeting minutes, reports and drafts 2.325/F265 Videocassettes: 2.325/F265 “11/08/96 Scheinder Report” 2.325/F265 “Rice Enviro Debate” 2.325/F265 “Standing ground: People, Property & Power,” Farm Credit Property Rights Foundation 2.325/F265 “Who owns the land? When the environment collides with the constitution,” Farm Credit Bank of Texas, 1994