Trails planned to connect, conserve springs from Austin to San Antonio

With an influx of people moving to the area from Austin to San Antonio, locals are concerned with saving green spaces for various reasons ranging from the minimization of impervious cover—to encourage aquifer recharge—to an increase in recreational spaces for the public.

Community conservationists are purchasing and conserving land to create a spring-to-spring network of hiking trails connecting these two major cities, which will provide much needed respite from the concrete-jungle views that constitute city life.

“Everything you do [to protect the river] is really only temporary,” Great Springs Project Board Member Dianne Wassenich said. “The only thing that lasts is buying the land and conserving it forever.”