Hill Country ranch to anchor state’s second-largest park
TL;DR
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will convert about 54,000 acres of the Silver Lake Ranch in Kinney and Edwards counties into Silver Lake State Park, making it the second-largest state park in Texas after Big Bend Ranch. The purchase, funded by the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund and sporting-goods tax revenue, follows a Moody Foundation donation that covered roughly 88% of the ranch. The park will be developed in phases with public input and initial day-use access, and it features a 30-acre spring-fed lake, limestone cliffs, and diverse wildlife.
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- Texas is getting a new state park bigger than almost all the rest Chron
- Texas Finalizes the Deal on Its Second-Largest State Park Texas Monthly
- Hill Country ranch west of San Antonio to become giant state park San Antonio Express-News
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