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If I could be any tree in Texas through the dog days of summer it would be a Bald Cypress.  Lining the cool damp banks... Read More

In spite of its unassuming name, pigeonberry—Rivina humilis, the latter term meaning “lowly”—is one of my favorite plants. If you look carefully, you can find... Read More

SMGA’s on YouTube now! Granted, your only option right at the moment is to watch Todd Derkacz watering trees, but we’re anticipating much more. This... Read More

Throughout the month of September, the City of San Marcos Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a citizen-science initiative called the bioblitz as part... Read More

[Reprinted from the August 2019 LOOP with updates.] Regular visitor or first-time trail user — all need to know where they are    The City of... Read More

In the most recent newsletter from the San Marcos River Foundation (SMRF), Director Virginia Condie reported on the status of SMRF’s application for the Lone... Read More

One story claims that if you kept traveling up the creek from the San Marcos River you would eventually find a small hamlet named Purgatory... Read More

Rockrose—aka rose pavonia or Pavonia lasiopetala—is one of our most generous Texas natives. Not only does it keep blooming long into the summer, but it... Read More