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The Meadows Center at Texas State University is contracted through the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan to improve and expand Texas wild rice habitat in the San Marcos River. We remove non-native species of aquatic vegetation and then re-plant native species such as Texas wild rice. Non-native plants are removed by hand and collected in nets and are then taken to a site on the Texas State University campus and composted. Native aquatic plants are grown at Texas State University and at the San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center before being planted in the river. Our efforts have contributed to a 53% increase in Texas wild rice distribution as of 2015. Learn more at MeadowsWater.org/Research