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Op-Ed: Let’s Not Kill Las Moras Springs

The ninth largest group of springs in Texas is dry. Will it ever come back? It's up to us.

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May 28, 2024
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(Above) Las Moras Springs pond shown full of water on the Fort Clark Springs website. Screenshot from fortclark.com. (Below) The pond in April, 2024, now a stagnant puddle. Photo by Carolea Hassard

If you’ve ever heard of Brackettville, in the border county of Kinney, straddling Hill Country and the South Texas Plains, it’s probably been about immigration

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