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EAHCP and Spring Cities Regional Asset Preservation in Action
The document discusses the Comal and San Marcos Springs in Texas, which are major sources of river flows to Gulf of Mexico bays and estuaries. The springs are home to endangered species and are cultural and economic assets for the regions. Spring communities have developed HCP work plans to restore and improve habitat, mitigate the effects of recreation, and implement practices to protect water quality and flows to the springs. The plans include removing invasive plants and fish, stabilizing banks, contour terracing for erosion control, and delineating protected scientific study areas.
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- 1. EAHCP and SpringCities Regional Asset Preservation in Action
- 2. New Braunfels andSan Marcos, TX
- 3. Prehistoric: 12,000 YearsAgo Archaeologists explore Spring Lake for ancient Mastodon bones and Clovis points Cultural and Heritage Icons Comal and San Marcos Springs are . . .
- 4. Archaic Era 7000BC – AD 800 Clovis Arrowhead Tonkawa Indians 2013 Sacred Springs Pow-Wow Comal and San Marcos Springs are . . .
- 5. Unique Natural Systemswith Unique Natural Species (endangered) Fountain Darter Texas wild-rice Riffle Beetle San Marcos salamander Comal and San Marcos Springs are . . .
- 6. Comal and SanMarcos Springs are . . .
- 7. Comal and SanMarcos Springs are . . .
- 8. Major Recreation Assets World Class Water Park – Schlitterbahn New Braunfels, TX Comal and San Marcos Springs are . . .
- 9. Comal and SanMarcos Springs are . . . Major Recreation Assets
- 10. Comal and SanMarcos Springs are . . . Economic Engines
- 11. Major Sources ofRiver Flows to Gulf of Mexico Bays and Estuaries Comal and San Marcos Springs are . . .
- 12. Spring Communities HaveHCP Work Plans to . . . Restore & Improve Habitat Bank Stabilization
- 13. Restore & ImproveHabitat Contour Terracing for Soil Stabilization and Erosion Control Spring Communities Have HCP Work Plans to . . .
- 14. Restore & ImproveHabitat Removal of Elephant Ear & Small Invasives Spring Communities Have HCP Work Plans to . . .
- 15. Spring Communities HaveHCP Work Plans to . . . Restore & Improve Habitat Invasive Fish Removal
- 16. Spring Communities HaveHCP Work Plans to . . . Restore and Improve Habitat Planned Sediment Removal
- 17. Spring Communities HaveHCP Work Plans to . . . Mitigate Effects of Recreation Invasive Vegetation Removal Before After
- 18. Spring Communities HaveHCP Work Plans to . . . Mitigate Effects of Recreation
- 19. Mitigate Effects ofRecreation Demarcation of State Scientific Study Areas For Texas Wild Rice Protection Spring Communities Have HCP Work Plans to . . .
- 20. Spring Communities HaveHCP Work Plans to . . . Mitigate Effects of Recreation
- 21. Spring Communities HaveHCP Work Plans to . . . Implement LID Practices Water Quality Protection Plan
- 22. HCP - agreat regional effort sustainable only with flow preservation.
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Editor's Notes
- #4 Hunters, Gatherers along the spring-fed river Dr. Joel Shiner of Southern Methodist U discovered artifacts at bottom of Spring Lake 1979– Mastodon bones and Clovis Indian points dating 12,000 years ago Evidence that spring area has been inhabited during every known era of human habitation San Marcos recognized as “oldest continuously inhabited site in North America”
- #5 Abundant evidence of human occupation along river and area creeks Surveys on San Marcos River, Blanco River, Purgatory, Sink Creeks found artifacts Refined arrowheads, cemeteries Hunting shifted from deer to bison