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Barton Creek /
While Barton Springs Pool is an iconic landmark of Austin and many people are familiar with the end of Barton Creek and its seven miles of public greenbelt, less is known about the forty-odd miles beyond that tumble and twist across private lands, eventually feeding the Colorado River. Legendary fig...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2019]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | River books (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Andrew Sansom
- Acknowledgments / Ed Crowell
- Introduction
- The end: a bustling cityscape where an aquifer's springs fill a historic pool
- Saving salamanders: searching for, counting, and raising two endangered species
- Family lands: the Starks' summer camp and the family legacy of Truman Breed
- Public battles: Barton Springs uprising stokes decades of political and legal fights
- Shield Ranch: six miles and sixty-eight hundred acres of protected water and land
- Wild Greenbelt: pleasures, dangers, and challenges in canyons above Barton Springs
- Hidden neighbors: famed author's retreat and the nature conservancy's preserve
- Vireos and warblers: working to keep thousands of acres of habitat beckoning birds
- Checking for pollutants: watershed checkups amid new pressures from development
- Generations of care: rancher Henry Brooks and the Puryears protect their lands
- Conserving history: reviewing an easement where an 1800s pioneer era ended
- The beginning: Ralph Roy Breed's pasture trickle and a farm for cheesemaking
- Further reading and resources.