Prescribed Burns Planned On October 29 Help Restore Native Grasslands On Austin's Water Quality Protection Lands

Press release from the City of Austin:

Oct. 27, 2021

City of Austin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 512-972-0398 Email

The Water Quality Protection Lands (WQPL) program actively manages more than 30,000 acres to benefit the quality and quantity of water recharging the Edwards Aquifer, which provides water to both Barton Springs and to groundwater wells in Hays and Travis Counties. Austin Water Wildland Conservation Division manages the lands.

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