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Book Describes Importance of Riparian Areas in Texas

A new book by researchers at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas Riparian Areas, looks at and summarizes characteristics of Texas’ riparian areas — “transitional zones” that link bodies of water.

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A look at the San Marcos River in Central Texas.
Credit: Illustration by Justin Dehn

A new book by researchers at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas Riparian Areas, looks at and summarizes characteristics of Texas’ riparian areas — “transitional zones” that link bodies of water.  The book, which stemmed from a Texas Water Development Board report, explains that water flow is essential to controlling Texas’s water resources. (Texas A&M University Press)

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