Barton Creek

Foreword / Andrew Sansom -- Acknowledgments / Ed Crowell -- Introduction -- The End: A Bustling Cityscape Where An Aquifer's Springs Fill A Historic Pool -- Saving Salamanders: Searching For, Counting, And Raising Two Endangered Species -- Family Lands: The Starks' Summer Camp And The Family Legacy Of Truman Breed -- Public Battles: Barton Springs Uprising Stokes Decades Of Political And Legal Fights -- Shield Ranch: Six Miles And Sixty-eight Hundred Acres Of Protected Water And Land -- Wild Greenbelt: Pleasures, Dangers, And Challenges In Canyons Above Barton Springs -- Hidden Neighbors: Famed Author's Retreat And The Nature Conservancy's Preserve -- Vireos And Warblers: Working To Keep Thousands Of Acres Of Habitat Beckoning Birds -- Checking For Pollutants: Watershed Checkups Amid New Pressures From Development -- Generations Of Care: Rancher Henry Brooks And The Puryears Protect Their Lands -- Conserving History: Reviewing An Easement Where An 1800s Pioneer Era Ended -- The Beginning: Ralph Roy Breed's Pasture Trickle And A Farm For Cheesemaking -- Further Reading And Resources. Ed Crowell ; Photographs By Alberto Martinez ; Foreword By Andrew Sansom. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.