News and Events

The event celebrating the creation of River Recharge Natural Area, located at the north end of Bishop Street, was an amazing success! Approximately 130 people... Read More

Building and maintaining trails is hard, sometimes dangerous work, especially for someone who doesn’t know a McCleod from a hatchet from a grubbing hoe. To... Read More

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

Welcome to Our Newest Board Member! Olivia Palomares recently joined the SMGA board to complete the one-year term of Lisa Prewitt, who resigned due to... Read More

At the July SMGA board meeting, former president and trail crew member Mark Taylor presented a report on the work done this past spring by... Read More

Ben, his wife Cori, and son Zach have lived in San Marcos since 2007. A karst hydrogeologist by training, Ben works to understand groundwater in... Read More

** Note: SMGA contributed a letter of support for a Texas Parks & Wildlife grant application, which resulted in an award of $49,323. As TPW... Read More

This month, we’re celebrating the opening of our newest natural area, River Recharge Natural Area (RReNA). As part of this celebration, The Loop is featuring... Read More

Naturescape Photo Competition Have you taken photos in any of our natural areas? Do you have a shot you particularly like? If so, you’re invited... Read More