Upcoming Events

May 16:

San Antonio - Inspired by Nature: Artists on Mitchell Lake - An Evening with Ansen Seale - 6:00pm to 8:30 pm at the Mitchel Lake Audubon Center - Details

 

May 18:

Blanco - The Bicycle Sports Shop Real Ale Ride - For all levels - Details

 

May 22:

San Antonio - Join GEAA at City Hall in San Antonio on May 22nd - GEAA invites you to engage the Mayor and City Council of San Antonio in a dialogue about development on the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone, and whether or not to expand SAWS service into Comal County - Details.

Fredericksburg - Texas Watershed Steward Workshop on water quality and availability issues related to the Pedernales River  - Details

 

May 28: 

San Antonio - Native Plant Society of Texas, San Antonio meeting - Topic: Gardening for butterflies using native and adapted plants - Free and open to the public - Details

 

May 28 - 30: 

San Antonio - Southwest Stream Restoration Conference - Details

 

May 30: 

Hunt - Range and Wildlife Management Field Day - For landowners, land managers and brush control contractors operating in possible endangered species habitats -Details

Where the Aquatic Species Are!

This webpage is a starting point for understanding and exploring the aquatic species that inhabit specific habitats in the Edwards Aquifer of Central Texas. There are many unique species that have evolved in very speficic habitats within the aquifer system. Explore them here!

Click on the different habitats below to learn more about them: Profile Map limestone glenrose karstcave aquifer biodiversity spring river deepwarm biofilms

Webpage authored by Thomas Ryan, M.S., Aquatic Resources, Texas State University and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment.

Other resources about aquatic species and karstic habitats:

US Fish and Wildlife 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on endangered species in the Hill Country

Edwards Aquifer Authority - webpage on aquatic ecosystem monitoring