Building a huge outdoor concert amphitheater right next to a wildlife preserve would be insane. And using the wildlife preserve to sell multimillion–dollar luxury condos would be obscene. But unfortunately, this is exactly what the developers of the White Rocks resort want to do. They plan to build a 10,000-seat amphitheater, plus a luxury hotel and condos, on a property west of Austin that’s bordered on three sides by the Barton Springs Habitat Preserve, which is home to the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler (sign our petition to the City of Austin to stop this project). The developers have applied for water service from the City of Austin and for an onsite wastewater permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). They’ve said that they’ll start construction early next year.
