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Balcones Canyonlands is a national wildlife refuge located in the Texas Hill Country to the northwest of Lago Vista, Texas. [1] The refuge was formed in 1992 to conserve habitat for two endangered songbirds, the golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia) and the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla), and to preserve Texas Hill Country habitat for numerous other wildlife species. [2]
Texas Hill Country: website, operated by the City in the 6-acre Crook Park, focus is the San Marcos River watershed ecosystem Sea Center Texas: Lake Jackson: Brazoria: Texas Coastal Bend: website, marine aquarium, fish hatchery and nature center operated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center ...
Honey Creek State Natural Area is a nature preserve of almost 2300 acres in western Comal County, Texas, United States.The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired part of the natural area from the Nature Conservancy in 1985 [1] and the rest from a private individual in 1988.
Lake Alan Henry The following is a list of reservoirs and lakes in the U.S. state of Texas . Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Barton Creek is a tributary that feeds the Colorado River as it flows through the Texas Hill Country.The creek passes through some of the more scenic areas in Greater Austin, surrounded in many parts by a greenbelt of protected lands that serves as a habitat for many indigenous species of flora and fauna. [2]
Situated only an hour and a half from Austin, Fredericksburg has long been the cultural heart of the Texas Hill Country, influenced by the German pioneers who settled there over 175 years ago.Now ...
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]
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (more commonly referred to as Lake LBJ and originally named Lake Granite Shoals) is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country about 45 miles northwest of Austin. The reservoir was formed in 1950 by the construction of Granite Shoals Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA).