Barton Springs University

From the Save Our Springs Alliance –

Barton Springs University is a full day of outdoor learning and fun at Barton Springs Pool. The event is designed for high school and college students and the general public. Barton Springs University features lectures, panel discussions, presentations, and training by leading academics, professionals, and policy makers on central Texas water science, public policy, and cultural history.

Lectures will take place under the trees on the hill on the south side of the pool and at other locations on the grounds, including the Philosophers’ Rock statue at the front entrance and the Splash! Exhibit in the Sheffield Education Center.

This year’s event will focus on current Central Texas water resource and growth management challenges, with an emphasis on protecting our region’s biodiversity.

Dean Hendrickson, Curator of Ichthyology at U.T.’s Department of Integrative Biology will provide this year’s lunch time keynote address: “Get Eel Austin!: the whole truth about the weirdest fish in town.”

The program will be longer this year with an evening keynote by one of Texas’ leading conservationists, Andrew Sansom. We will also have live music until 9:30 pm.

Take a look at the full schedule here: http://www.bartonspringsuniversity.org/images/BartonSpringsUniversitySchedule.pdf

Check out the video here:  https://youtu.be/NI4vFakS5oI

Find out more information about the event at our website http://www.bartonspringsuniversity.org/

Barton Springs University is organized by the Save Our Springs Alliance in partnership with, among others, the University of Texas Environmental Science Institute, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, the City of Austin Parks & Recreation and Watershed Protection Departments, Concordia University, Texas State University, and the Austin Independent School District.