On the Water

The Fate of Jacob’s Well Remains Uncertain

The Fate of Jacob’s Well Remains Uncertain

I look down upon the blue-and-green-tinted waters of Jacob’s Well, the headwaters of Cypress Creek. Even barely ... Read More »

Go With the Flow on the Comal River

Go With the Flow on the Comal River

It’s high noon on a scorching Saturday in August, and I’m standing on the banks of Hinman Island Read More »

The Volunteers Keeping Texas’ Waterways Clean

The Volunteers Keeping Texas’ Waterways Clean

Waterway Wellness Volunteers are fundamental to keeping Texas’ bodies of water clean By Melissa GaskillOur state’s ... Read More »

Cool Off This Summer at Upgraded Community Pools Around the Lone Star State

Cool Off This Summer at Upgraded Community Pools Around the Lone Star State

The residents of Cedar Hill, a town of 49,000 on the southern tip of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, were ... Read More »

Texas Lighthouses Illuminate Maritime History Along the Coast

Texas Lighthouses Illuminate Maritime History Along the Coast

Guiding Light Maritime history shines bright at Texas’ coastal lighthouses By Robyn RossSince the earliest ... Read More »

Welcome to Texas’ RV Parks, Where Summer Never Ends

Welcome to Texas’ RV Parks, Where Summer Never Ends

Candace Pegg was living the American dream in a two-story, five-bedroom home when something unexpected happened: ... Read More »

An Adventurer’s Guide to Texas State Parks

An Adventurer’s Guide to Texas State Parks

I learned a few important lessons on my first multiday mountain biking trip through Big Bend Ranch State Park as I ... Read More »

The Floating Campsite at Sea Rim State Park Is a One-of-a-Kind Experience

The Floating Campsite at Sea Rim State Park Is a One-of-a-Kind Experience

As I push off from the dock on the north side Marsh Unit at Sea Rim State Park, about 10 miles west of Sabine Pass ... Read More »

Bird Blinds Offer State Park Visitors and Migratory Birds a Tranquil Escape

Bird Blinds Offer State Park Visitors and Migratory Birds a Tranquil Escape

Home to Roost State park bird blinds offer a closer look at Texas’ avian diversity By Melissa GaskillWhether ... Read More »

The Houston Zoo’s New Galápagos Islands Exhibit Enchants and Educates

The Houston Zoo’s New Galápagos Islands Exhibit Enchants and Educates

In 2018, the Houston Zoo announced an ambitious capital campaign to revitalize the sought-after Texas ... Read More »

Go (Almost) Under the Sea at the Patton Center of Marine Science Education in Port Aransas

Go (Almost) Under the Sea at the Patton Center of Marine Science Education in Port Aransas

Inside a sofa-size aquarium, a black-and-white striped sheepshead and a small school of shiny Gulf menhaden swim ... Read More »

The Eternal Springs of Balmorhea State Park Pool in West Texas

The Eternal Springs of Balmorhea State Park Pool in West Texas

Deep in the Chihuahuan desertin West Texas, at the foot of the Davis Mountains, water beckons. It flows far ... Read More »

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