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When it comes to water, everything is connected, and this issue helps tell that story. Read about Texas cities rehabilitating their degraded waterways for recreation and wildlife. Enjoy a photographic tour of Padre Island National Seashore. In a drying climate, what will become of the Colorado River and those who depend on its water for life and livelihood? Learn about Texas projects in the works in the wake of the BP oil spill. Carter Smith discusses our dependence on water, the most precious of elements. Then read some good news updates: Sea Rim State Park is refurbished and open, the paddlefish is being restored to Caddo Lake, and more.
Feature Articles
Texas cities are embracing their rivers again.
 By Russell Roe
In 1718, Spanish missions started to appear along the San Antonio River near its headwaters. In 1836, the Allen brothers staked out a spot along Buffalo Bayou and named it after Sam Houston. In 1841, John Neely Bryan founded Dallas when he built his cabin near the Trinity River. Farther west, Maj. Ripley S. Arnold established a frontier fort, Fort Worth, at the confluence of two forks of the Trinity. Read more.
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The sand and surf of Padre Island National Seashore create a place of isolation and beauty.
 Photo Essay by Chase A. Fountain
As a photographer for this magazine, I get to explore every corner of the state. There are treasures to behold in every city, town and rural area. Out of all these, one continues to hold my fascination: Padre Island National Seashore. Armed with my camera and a pocketful of inspiration, I traveled up and down the longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island in the world. Read more.
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When there’s not enough for all, who gets water from the Colorado River?
 By Jenna Craig
As the population of Texas grows, so does our need for water. But with the glass half-empty, who will have a say in distributing what’s left? It’s a dilemma that’s pitting Texan against Texan in a war with no real winners. Read more.
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Four years after Gulf oil spill, some Texas restoration projects are set to begin.
 By Sheryl Smith-Rodgers
For weeks, the news reports horrified us. Would the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon oil blowout — located nearly 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico — ever be stopped? Not only had 11 men died when the offshore drilling platform exploded April 20, 2010, but efforts to plug the gushing pipe on the ocean floor kept failing. Finally, 87 days later, crews with BP and the U.S. Coast Guard announced that they’d successfully capped the well. Read more.
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