Austin’s Save Our Springs Alliance and a group of environmental scientists have filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Pedernales River springs salamander as “endangered” or “threatened” under the federal Endangered Species Act. The action is a direct response to the planned 1,400-acre Mirasol Springs development along Hamilton Pool Road and the Pedernales River that encompasses the amphibious species’ already delicate habitat near Dripping Springs’ Hamilton Pool Preserve.
Read more from Lina Fisher with The Austin Chronicle here.