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Blanco State Park is a 104.6-acre (42.3 ha) park, along a mile of the Blanco River, on the southern edge of Blanco, Texas. It features camping, picnicking, screened shelters, swimming, tubing, nature trails, and a wildlife viewing station. The park is hilly with mostly cedar, and pecan trees.
The Blanco River provides drinking water for the city of Blanco, as well as water supplies for nearby ranches.The river also supports a number of recreational areas, including the Blanco State Recreation Area in Blanco, [5] the former Boy Scouts camp El Rancho Cima near Wimberley, and other private parks and resorts.
1934 Blanco State Park opens. [11] ... (0.6%) is water. [21] Blanco County is located in the Hill Country of central Texas, west of Austin and north of San Antonio.
Several boat launches have been rendered unusable at Codorus State Park due to low water levels, the park said in a news release. As of Nov. 1 this year, Lake Marburg at Codorus State Park is down ...
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Pedernales Falls State Park is located along the river in Blanco County east of Johnson City. Like many rivers in central Texas, it is prone to variable water levels. A sign at the state park shows a relatively tranquil river in one picture and a raging wall of muddy water in the next picture, said to be taken only five minutes after the first.
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) has rights to the water in the conservation pool of the lake. This water is used to operate several small hydroelectric plants downstream from New Braunfels and for municipal water supply, irrigation, and industrial uses. GBRA built a hydroelectric facility at Canyon Dam in August 1987; it was put ...
Nov. 15—U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke on Tuesday introduced legislation in Congress aimed at ensuring Flathead Lake avoids another year of abnormally low water levels. The Fill the Lake Act would require ...