A view downstream from the headwaters of the San Marcos River. Water from the Edwards Aquifer flows from San Marcos Springs into the San Marcos River.
A view downstream from the headwaters of the San Marcos River. Water from the Edwards Aquifer flows from San Marcos Springs into the San Marcos River. Jason Samfield

A new field guide for the remarkable flora and fauna of Spring Lake in San Marcos has just been published by the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. “The Spring Lake Pocket Field Guide” includes more than a hundred species, some of them unique, that can be found at Spring Lake, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, trees, shrubs, vines, wildflowers and aquatic plants.

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