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Environmental DNA in the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer System
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has partnered with the University of Texas at Austin to evaluate the use of environmental DNA to study the biodiversity and federally protected species of the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system. The three-year project will focus on the salamanders of the Eurycea genus. It will also create a depository of samples to serve as a public resource for future work on species living in the aquifers along the Interstate 35 corridor of Central Texas. A new webpage explains how this work can expand our understanding of an ecosystem that provides clean water to several million Texans and help secure regulatory certainty.
Please contact Colin McDonald at the Comptroller’s office if you have any feedback or questions.
The Texas Comptroller’s Natural Resources Program provides technical, scientific and policy expertise to help communities and businesses comply with Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations. The program also develops ecological research that directly informs ESA listing decisions and voluntary conservation options. We work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders to find solutions to ESA challenges that are sustainable ecologically, socially and economically.
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