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Dust Up Local residents havee joined a campaign with images (provided here) showing what they believe to be the negative impact of the growing aggregate industry in the Hill Country. -
Dust Up Local residents have joined a campaign with images (provided here) showing what they believe to be the negative impact of the growing aggregate industry in the Hill Country. -
Fermin Ortiz, left, helped coordinate an effort to halt a planned dredging operation on Sandy Creek in Llano County. He is among local citizens who combined efforts with a statewide group advocating for “best management practices” for the aggregate industry. File photo
Local residents, including advocates from Double Those Horn and the Sandy Creek area, have combined forces with a state entity calling for more restrictions on the aggregate industry's unfettered expansion in and around communities, officials said.
“Landowner and resident groups from around the state have formed a coalition, Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM), to work with policy…