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If you’ve paddled the Devils River or leaped off a rope swing into the Frio, you know that springs, creeks and rivers make Texas special. The newest documentary from Texas filmmaker Ben Masters, “Deep in the Heart 2: Texas Rivers,” focuses on the state’s water, and...

One of my longtime journalism sources, former Big Bend Superintendent Bob Krumenaker, sent out more information about what’s happening at Big Bend National Park. Contractors broke ground on Wednesday, but Customs and Border Protection still won’t say exactly what...

I took my first swim lessons at Northwest District Pool in 1970, more than a decade after it opened as the first 50-meter Olympic-sized pool in Austin. In the ensuing years, my sisters and I spent long afternoons there, leaving our belongings in wire baskets behind...

Dream of scampering up and down rolling ranch roads in the Hill Country on a mountain bike? Registration is open for this fall’s Wild Ride at Shield Ranch Barton Creek, set for Sept. 26. The ranch, a 6,600-acre property west of Austin protected through land easements,...