About

The Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape encompasses ranchlands, growing towns and cities, and spring-fed rivers within the Texas Hill Country. The landscape is anchored by Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, which provides training opportunities for 266 mission partners. This installation supports all Department of Defense medic field training, military intelligence, special forces, pre-deployment, and other national and international defense operations.

With rapid population growth emanating from San Antonio and the I-35 corridor, the Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape faces mounting challenges to the long-term resilience of the region’s natural resources and military infrastructure. Incompatible development contributes to the loss of agricultural lands and increased ambient light pollution, disrupting night-time military training. Camp Bullis, situated in Flash Flood Alley, also faces flooding issues from an increase in impervious surfaces around the base. Growing demands on existing water supplies have led to the loss of spring flow and aquifer drawdowns, affecting water availability for Camp Bullis, rural landowners, and local population centers.

In 2022, the Camp Bullis Sentinel Landscape Partnership (CBSL) was formed to address these and other challenges. The CBSL is a locally driven, non-regulatory collaboration committed to mission sustainment at Joint Base San Antonio–Camp Bullis. Partnership work is based on the understanding that what happens outside of a military installation can impact military readiness on-base. Hence, CBSL works with volunteering private landowners and communities around Camp Bullis to support local needs that are compatible with mission training. CBSL secures and leverages technical and financial resources to support natural resources conservation, bolster agricultural productivity, protect night skies, and reduce regional threats from drought, flooding, and wildfire.