Species on Station

The Center maintains refugium for four federally-endangered and two threatened species: Texas wild-rice, Texas blind salamanders, fountain darters, Comal Springs riffle beetles, San Marcos salamanders and the Devils River minnow.

The Center also works with the endangered Comal Springs dryopid beetle, Peck's cave amphipod, and the Barton Springs salamander.

Increased pressure on the Edwards Aquifer from area growth and development, increased water use, natural phenomena such as drought, and the introduction of many invasive plants and animals has seriously affected many of the species now studied at the Center.