The condition of Jacob’s Well and its impact on this unique ecosystem has been dire for over a year now. But just this week, after 5 inches of rainfall, the spring began to flow again.

How can you protect what you have and restore what will be damaged by future weather extremes?

HCMNs and community birders took part in the 2023 Christmas Bird Count. Walk with Jesse Huth’s team to see a sample of the over 80 species documented in downtown San Marcos and across Zone 1.

Our rivers and creeks, even when seasonally low, can all be nature preserves. What luck that the land within Cypress Creek Nature Preserve has remained in its natural state even as Wimberley grew up around it!

If you are brave enough to bundle up and venture out into a cold morning, you can try to discover a native plant that does an interesting trick.

When people tell skunk stories, they usually involve getting sprayed…but by knowing them better, we may appreciate them as the unique and beautiful animals they are.

The moment they feel you staring at them, they usually slide right off their perch and disappear into the water. But not this guy.