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Texas Wild-rice Finds Refuge at Hatchery.(Brief Article)

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| May 01, 2000 | Springer, Craig | COPYRIGHT 1999 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

While some folks fretted over a Y2K meltdown last New Year's Eve, biologists at the San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center contended with a real crisis: the accidental drawdown of the San Marcos River in central Texas.

The new year ushered in heavy rains, causing a low-head dam to breach near the town of San Marcos. With the dam compromised, the river dropped and its width narrowed, leaving 25 percent of the entire population of the endangered Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana) either high and dry or in water flowing too fast. This species is found only in the San Marcos River.

"With so few plants out there in the wild, we had to act …

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