The May 2021 issue of Discover Magazine included an article, These Wetlands Feed The Largest Aquifer In The U.S. What Happens If We Lose Them?, which highlights the importance of playas to groundwater recharge.
Dr. Chris Grotegut—a local veterinarian, farmer and stockman—says he is committed to “living within our water means” and likened playas on his farmland near Dawn to “a farmer’s best friend, a conduit to recharge of the Ogallala aquifer that makes life here sustainable.”
Playas, though they may go unappreciated for the life-giving role they play, are critically important recharge wetlands in the Texas High Plains. In the midst of a landscape filled with …
A new multi-partner playa restoration program, the Texas Playa Conservation Initiative, is offering participating landowners free backfilling of pits and trenches in playas surrounded by grass. Backfilling these pits and …
Texan by Nature (TxN), a Texas-led conservation non-profit founded by former First Lady Laura Bush, selected the Texas Playa Conservation Initiative as one of six honorees for its 2018 Conservation …
