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Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve consists of 227 acres (919,000 m 2) of native Texas Hill Country habitat west of Austin, Texas in West Lake Hills.The preserve was founded in 1974 by seven women who were members of an environmentalist group called Now or Never, and it was Austin's first nature preserve. [1]
McKinney Falls State Park is a state park in Austin, Texas, United States at the confluence of Onion Creek and Williamson Creek. It is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department . The park opened on April 15, 1976 and is named after Thomas F. McKinney , a businessman, race horse breeder and rancher , who owned and lived on the land ...
South Llano River State Park: Stephen F. Austin State Park: Austin 663.3 acres (268 ha) 1940 White-tailed deer in Stephen F. Austin State Park: Tyler State Park: Smith 985.5 acres (399 ha) 1939 Tyler State Park swimming area: Village Creek State Park: Hardin 1,090 acres (441 ha) 1994 Cane Slough: Wyler Aerial Tramway (closed) El Paso 196 acres ...
Oct. 3—In 2014, Spruce Up Austin established the Tree Trek running along the eastern edge of East Side Lake. Ten years later, the group celebrated the milestone of a decade with the planting of ...
Stephen F. Austin State Park is a 663.3 acres (268 ha) state park located on the Brazos River in San Felipe, Austin County, Texas, United States. The park is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department .
Guadalupe River State Park is a Texas state park located on a section of the Guadalupe River in Kendall and Comal Counties, northwest of Bulverde, Texas United States and is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The land was acquired by deed from private owners in 1974 and was opened to the public in 1983. [2]
Since its creation, Bastrop State Park has been a popular outdoors getaway destination for Texas residents, students from The University of Texas at Austin, and residents of the Greater Austin area. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Bastrop State Park lies east of downtown Bastrop on 100 Park Road 1A and is about 30 mi (48 km) east of Austin, the state capital.
In 1924 the state forester E. O. Siecke succeeded in establishing the first state forest in Texas (named E. O. Siecke State Forest in 1951). The forest consisted of 1,702 acres (6.9 km 2) near Kirbyville. By 1925 additional state forest lands had been acquired in Cherokee and Montgomery Counties. [32]