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Barton Creek
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Title
Barton Creek / Ed Crowell ; photographs by Alberto Martinez ; foreword by Andrew Sansom.
ISBN
9781623497293
1623497299
Edition
First edition.
Publication
College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]
Physical Description
126 pages ; 26 cm.
Other formats
Online version: Crowell, Ed, 1948- author. Barton Creek First edition. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2019]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 03, 2019
Series
River Books
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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
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