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.
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