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barton creek RIVER BOOKS Sponsored by Andrew Sansom, General Editor Crowell_Pages.indd 1 12/11/18 8:09 AM Crowell_Pages.indd 2 12/11/18 8:09 AM barton creek e d c r o w e l l Photographs by Alberto Martinez Foreword by Andrew Sansom texas a&m university press college station Crowell_Pages.indd 3 12/11/18 8:09 AM Copyright © 2019 by Ed Crowell LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA All rights reserved First edition Names: Crowell, Ed, 1948– author. | Sansom, Andrew, writer of foreword. This paper meets the requirements Title: Barton Creek / Ed Crowell; photographs by Alberto of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). Martinez; foreword by Andrew Sansom. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Description: First edition. | College Station: Texas A&M Manufactured in China through FCI Print Group. U niversity Press, [2019] | Series: River Books | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018033736 (print) | LCCN 2018055278 (ebook) | ISBN 9781623497309 (ebook) | ISBN 9781623497293 | ISBN 9781623497293 (flex with flaps: alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Barton Creek (Hayes County and Travis County, Tex.)—Environmental conditions. | Springs— Texas—Texas Hill Country—Environmental conditions. | Spring ecology—Texas—Texas Hill Country. | Environmental protection—Texas—Austin—Citizen participation. | Water c onservation—Texas—Austin. Classification: LCC TD171.3.T42 (ebook) | LCC TD171.3.T42 T493 2019 (print) | DDC 333.91/620976431—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018033736 Crowell_Pages.indd 4 12/11/18 8:09 AM To my grandchildren, Gabriella, Judson, Charlotte, and Sunny, all lovers of the natural world * Crowell_Pages.indd 5 12/11/18 8:09 AM Crowell_Pages.indd 6 12/11/18 8:09 AM contents Foreword, by Andrew Sansom ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. The End: A Bustling Cityscape Where an Aquifer’s Springs Fill a Historic Pool 3 2. Saving Salamanders: Searching For, Counting, and Raising Two Endangered Species 14 3. Family Lands: The Starks’ Summer Camp and the Family Legacy of Truman Breed 24 4. Public Battles: Barton Springs Uprising Stokes Decades of Political and Legal Fights 34 5. Shield Ranch: Six Miles and Sixty-Eight Hundred Acres of Protected Water and Land 44 6. Wild Greenbelt: Pleasures, Dangers, and Challenges in Canyons above Barton Springs 55 7. Hidden Neighbors: Famed Author’s Retreat and The Nature Conservancy’s Preserve 65 8. Vireos and Warblers: Working to Keep Thousands of Acres of Habitat Beckoning Birds 73 9. Checking for Pollutants: Watershed Checkups amid New Pressures from Development 83 1 0. Generations of Care: Rancher Henry Brooks and the Puryears Protect Their Lands 93 1 1. Conserving History: Reviewing an Easement Where an 1800s Pioneer Era Ended 105 1 2. The Beginning: Ralph Roy Breed’s Pasture Trickle and a Farm for Cheesemaking 113 Further Reading and Resources 121 Index 123 Crowell_Pages.indd 7 12/11/18 8:09 AM Crowell_Pages.indd 8 12/11/18 8:09 AM
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