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Todd is a Methodist pastor who leads the ecumenical United Campus Ministry at Texas State. In addition to college ministry, Todd encourages... Read More

Despite limitations imposed by the pandemic, roughly 45 SMGA volunteers have contributed several thousand hours of their time. Vice President Diane Phalen... Read More

Developed by Dr. Colleen Myles Environmental Interpretation class at Texas State University.

Photography by Susan Hanson, editor of The Loop, SMGA board member, and chair of the Outreach Committee.

Our Outside / In column features books about ways to discover, enjoy, protect, and advocate for natural areas and the protection of... Read More

TRAIL CREW ROUND-UP The first week of December saw the crew tackle projects in four different natural areas. The Thursday crew split... Read More

  Katie Smith Deolloz founded WalkSMTX out of a passion to merge the need for people to live more physically active lifestyles... Read More

Editor’s Note: SMGA has been fortunate in recent years to work with several classes at Texas State University. In both Fall ’20... Read More

Ask me what my favorite season is, and I’m likely to answer with whatever season we happen to be in. Unless it’s... Read More

Recently, my family explored Lower Purgatory Creek. This trail is a San Marcos favorite, so it was a bit challenging to find parking, even going... Read More