Jeff Francell on greenspace. Austin Connoisseur Episode “The Nature Conservancy” Jeff Francell: There’s so many great places to go here that nobody should ever be bored. Pick a place on a map, if its green it’s probably a park, go check it out. It’s probably got some sort of secret that’s worth finding out. My name is Jeff Francell, and I work for the Nature Conservancy of Texas. The nature conservancy is the largest non profit conservation organization, and were focused on wildlife and unique habitats, and biodiversity, and preserving that for future generations. The Nature Conservancy has had an extremely long history in Austin. We have been active here since the mid eighties. The first action that the Nature Conservancy was involved in was the Balcones canyon land conservation plan, setting aside 30,000 acres in western Travis County for endangered species, setting aside those lands to allow other lands in the area to be developed. So it was sort of a balance...