TXST takes leadership role in sustainability planning, environment stewardship

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Recent stage five restrictions announced by the Edwards Aquifer Authority have refocused attention on Central Texas’ limited water resources.

Texas State University, home of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, has long fostered good stewardship of the region’s ecological treasures. The headwaters of the San Marcos River flow from Spring Lake, forming one of the most biologically varied aquatic ecosystems known in the southwestern United States. Seven endangered species, including the Texas blind salamander, San Marcos salamander and Texas wild rice, are found in the upper four miles of the river.