The owners of Windemere Ranch property say they’re going ahead with their plans for development, but Hays County could have designs on the land for its regional habitat conservation plan to protect the golden-cheeked warbler and the black-capped vireo.
Three local entities — San Marcos, Hays County and Texas State — recently formalized their intention to cooperate on a protection plan for the Upper San Marcos Watershed, including Spring Lake. Texas State River Systems Institute (RSI) Program Manager Eric Mendelman said it is too early to precisely determine the nature and scope of the watershed protection plan.
The decline of Texas Wild Rice, which grows naturally only in the San Marcos River, could motivate state aquifer protection planners to pressure the city into closing parts of the river for recreational uses.
The Texas State University Police Department (UPD) is investigating the apparent suicide of a student whose body was found Monday morning on university property.
San Marcos City Councilmembers last week voted to annex 22.5 acres of aquifer recharge zone, where developers wish to build for higher density than the city’s land use plans allow.
