Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series looking at water in Central Texas.
Lines of brightly colored canoes and kayaks awaited an elite group of occupants at the San Marcos City Park river access ramp during the fourth annual Texas Water Leaders Paddle.
These leaders, outfitted with hats and sunscreen, and snacks in waterproof bags, prepared to spend several hours on the river. Those set to climb into water craft were from all areas of water resource management and environmental quality support– the guests of the Texas Water Foundation which sponsored the event largely in part to bring together members of this year’s foundation leadership class and alumni members together for a day of fun and skills but especially to gain knowledge of the San Marcos River and its springs, native and endangered species and to have a working sense of its physical twists and turns.
