Located between Rocksprings and Brackettville are Kickapoo Springs which empty into Kickapoo Creek from a small side channel where the springs issue at the surface from alluvium but surely flow from an array of limestones buried below creek sediments. These springs also serve as the headwaters of the West Nueces River, at least until their … Continue reading kickapoo springs →

I was excited to visit St Louis to (1) check out the arch and (2) visit the site of Belcher's well. Here's an excerpt from a book I will finish sometime in the next 20 to 30 years: William Belcher, in his search for better quality water for his sugar refinery in St. Louis, commissioned … Continue reading the belcher well (st louis mo) →

A few years back, the fall before The Plague, Dr. Ben Schwartz of the Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center invited me to join him and Peter Sprouse to write a short blurb for a world encyclopedia on the status of spring ecology. I knew exactly where to go for a quick stat on the … Continue reading revisiting Gunnar Brune’s “Major and Historical Springs of Texas” →