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Index agriculture. See also irrigation and cedar clearing, 78 and the Family Land Heritage Program, 78 and groundwater contamination, 29 impact on biodiversity, 180 impact on grasslands, 106–8 and origin of the LCRA, 122 and the rice belt, 179–87 rice cultivation, 179, 179–87, 187–88, 189, 194 Aguayo, Marqués de San Miguel de, 162 air pollution, 166 Alexander, Charles H., 107–8, 119 algal blooms, 48, 71, 75, 143, 150 alkaline minerals, 47 alluvial deposits below O. H. Ivie, 67 and the Blackland Prairie, 148 and Hornsby Bend, 155 and mining on the river, 156–57 and native grass seeds, 120 and Rancho Escondido, 51–52 and soil quality, 73 Alvin Wirtz Dam, 116–18, 185 Anderson, Barbara Clayton, 8–9, 23, 24 Anderson, Rich, 8–9, 23, 24 Anglo settlers, 118 Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, 142 antelope, 21, 23 Apache Indians, 22 aquifers, 10, 20, 22, 159 archaeological sites, 73, 117 Armadillo, 94 Armour, Laurance, 187, 189 Arnold, James, 200–203 Audubon Society, 131, 152, 202 Austin and Balcones Canyonlands Preserves, 131 and floods, 178 and Lake Austin impoundment, 129–30 and pollution, 124, 149 and power plants, 198 and riverside parks, 145 and Tom Miller Dam, 108 and water quality, 165 Austin, Barney, 169–71 Austin, Moses, 183 Austin, Stephen F., 2, 76, 183, 186, 198 Austin American Statesman, ix, 136 Austin Chamber of Commerce, 110 Austin Dam, 134, 135. See also Great Granite Dam Austin Rowing Center, 139 Austin’s Woods Initiative, 189–90 Austin-Travis County Health Department, 138 Austin Water Utility, 152, 153 Austin Youth River Watch (AYRW), 152 Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP), 131 Balcones Canyonlands Preserves (BCP), 130–32 note: Page numbers in italics indicate images and maps. Balcones Escarpment, 102, 106, 134 Balcones Fault, 135 bald eagles, 89, 101, 162, 173 Ballinger, 54 Barefoot Camp, 81, 91 barge traffic, 197 barn swallows, 26, 26, 27, 176 Barn Swallows I & II, 176 Barton Creek, 139 Barton Springs, ix, 136, 139–41 Barton Springs Salamander, 140 Bastrop County, 5 Bastrop County Audubon Society, 152 Bastrop County Environmental Network, 152 bats, 142, 142–43 Bats and Congress Avenue Bridge, 142 Bay City, 193–94, 195–205 Bay City Dam, 195–97 Beason’s Park, 178–79 Beaver, 59 Beaver, Frank, 8, 16–20 Beaver Ranch, 2 beavers, 58, 59, 162 beetles, 89, 90 Belted Kingfisher, 158 Bend (city), xii, 88, 92, 92 Ben Hur (steam ship), 134 Big Gulp, 37 Big Spring, 47 Big Waters, 187 biodiversity and bottomland hardwood forests, 190 220 Index biodiversity (cont.) and coastal habitats, 202 impact of agriculture on, 180 and impact of dams, 55–56 and native grasslands, 35 and soil conservation programs, 122–23 and Wildcat Creek, 52 birdwatching, 86, 101–11, 154–55, 201–3 bison, 17, 21–22, 25, 162, 165, 175 black-bellied whistling ducks, 154 blackbirds, 35, 47, 182 Black-capped Vireo, 99 black-capped vireos, 99, 130 Blackland Prairie, 2, 146, 148, 159, 161, 165–71, 183 black willows, 41–42 Bluebonnet Hole, 120, 123 Blue Sucker, 164 blue suckers (Cycleptus elongatus), 163–64, 164 bobwhites, 35, 44 boll weevils, 179, 184 Borden County, 16, 23, 24 bottomland forests, 79–80, 189–90, 193–94, 202, 207n2 Boy Scouts, 93, 95, 164 brachiopods, 63 Brahman cattle, 188–89 Brazos River, 3, 106, 175–77, 190 Brownwood Dam, 108 Brune, Gunnar, 19 Buchanan, James P. “Buck,” 109–10 Buchanan Dam, 100, 111–12, 127, 178, 185 buffalo. See bison Bureau of Reclamation, 127 Burnham, Reagan, 76–78 Burnham, Stanley, 76–77, 79–81, 99 Burnham, Theodore C., 76 buttonbushes, 62, 63 Byrne, J. H., 21 cabomba, 137 cacti, 15, 44, 120 Camp Longhorn, 113 Camp Swift, 8 canals, 179–80, 183–84, 194–95, 198 cane thickets, 176 Caney Creek, 176, 183, 186, 194 canoe portages, 191, 191–92, 196 canoe trips, 5 Canyon Lake, 117 Canyon of the Colorado, 119 Caprock Escarpment, 2 and cedar (Ashe juniper), 3, 10–11, 22 and the Colorado headwater, 1–4, 7, 9–10 and Lake J. B. Thomas, 31 and Muleshoe Ranch, 21–23 and Native Americans, 11, 22, 27 and saltcedar, 6, 17 and springs, 19 carp, 68, 72–73, 137 Carp and Cabomba, 137 Carson, Rachel, 136–38 cattle ranching and headwaters of the Colorado, 3–4 and Horseshoe Bend Ranch, 132 and Lost Pines, 162 and overgrazing, 35, 52, 98, 106–7, 120 and the Pierce Ranch, 187–89 and saltcedar, 17 and Spanish missions, 22...