Though the San Marcos Springs have flowed for thousands of years it is generally recognized that this could easily be jeopardized by unhindered dense-development and the paving of the aquifer recharge ... Continue Reading »
Edwards Aquifer Protection
SMRF has long worked to improve local ordinances in order to protect the recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer which feeds the springs of the San Marcos River. Working with a wide array of stakeholders ... Continue Reading »
Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee
For 10 years, SMRF has represented environmental interests by serving on the stakeholder committee which includes all or part of 21 counties reaching from the Gulf Coast to the Hill Country. It covers ... Continue Reading »
Ezell’s Cave
SMRF, in conjunction with the Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center and the Edwards Aquifer Authority, initially provided computers, pumps and electricity for aquifer monitoring 90 feet under San ... Continue Reading »
Water Quality Monitoring
The San Marcos River Rangers are volunteers trained as citizen scientists to conduct scientific data collection at 30 sites along the San Marcos and Blanco rivers. As the oldest and one of the ... Continue Reading »
Habitat Restoration
Restoring degraded or eroding river banks, removing invasive species from on land and in the waterways and putting in more native species, SMRF works with numerous volunteers to help restore the river ... Continue Reading »
Wastewater Discharge Standards
SMRF’s early years focused building community support for the protection of the river and identifying areas with poor water quality. Starting with community-wide river clean ups and volunteer water ... Continue Reading »
San Marcos Watershed Initiative
In 2010, the Upper San Marcos River Watershed was cited on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)’s 303(d) list of impaired waters, for exceeding total dissolved solids (TDS) water ... Continue Reading »
Plum Creek Watershed Protection Plan
For over two decades, SMRF served on the steering committee for the Plum Creek Watershed Protection Project, creating and enacting a comprehensive plan to improve water quality in an impaired creek in ... Continue Reading »
Greenbelts and Trails
SMRF helped begin the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance which has dedicated itself to the creation of parks and green spaces and building trails in the midst of unprecedented development and growth in the ... Continue Reading »
River Clean-Ups
The River Foundation supports clean-ups all year long including the mammoth Great Texas River Clean- Ups in the spring and fall held in conjunction with the City of San Marcos and Keep San Marcos ... Continue Reading »
Yakona
SMRF was one of many proud sponsors of the award-winning documentary, Yakona, a visual journey through the crystal clear waters of the San Marcos River and its headwaters at Spring Lake. The story ... Continue Reading »
