Schulle Canyon Natural Area is a beautifully conserved green space located right in middle of San Marcos proper.

“Got a minute? Let’s go relax in Patsy Glen.” In 2014, I’d just moved to Wimberley, and a new friend’s invitation was irresistible. A glen, or glenn from old Gaelic gleann, is a small, narrow, secluded valley, forested, sometimes with a stream running through it.

Hays County Master Naturalist welcomes our new Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Advisors, Blake Hendon and Archis Grubh.

Mmmm hopsy, not heavy. With a hint of orange peel! It was a tall cold glass of eight-dollar deliciousness on a sweltering spring day. At invitation of the Driftwood Heritage Conservation Society, Hays County Master Naturalist’s education outreach Wild About Nature (WAN) had an April 10, 2022, Sunday gig out at Vista Brewing Company in Driftwood, Texas.

Have you noticed all the beautiful wildflowers popping up around your property? Most depend on animals to move their pollen around so that we can enjoy flowers again next year. Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds aren’t their only pollinators. Beetles, flies, and other insects also move pollen from flower to flower.

It was the first time since 2019 that Wimberley Outdoor Educators was able to lead their Birding Field Trip for Third Graders to the Patsy Glenn Refuge, which is located behind the Wimberley Community Center.

Padre Island is recent in geologic history, under 5000 years old. The island is shaped by the day-to-day actions of the prevailing southeasterly winds, currents, waves, and tides, especially storm tides. April is the windiest month. Those steady 20-mph southeasterly flows can wear you down if you are out in it all day.

The Nature Conservancy was very happy to partner with Hays County to protect this property that is not only significant for its conservation value but has also been so important to so many people over the years. We are excited to see how it develops as a public park and natural area.