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WHAT MAKES THE EDWARDS UNIQUE? > 1.8 million people depend on it for their source of water Edwards Aquifer Ecosystem Sustaining essential freshwater flows to bays and estuaries during times of drought Guadalupe Estuary – San Antonio Bay The Edwards Region is home to over 50 plant and animal species that live nowhere else in the world. • No other aquifer in the world has the organism diversity that the Edwards has. • No other known karst system has the range of cave adapted insects, fish, and salamanders found in the Edwards. Endangered Species of the Edwards Region On the Land • Golden Cheeked Warbler • Black Capped Vireo • 9 Species of Karst Invertibrates -found in caves In the Springs and the Aquifer • Texas Wild Rice • Fountain Darter • Comal Springs Dryopid Beetle • San Marcos Gambusia • Peck’s Cave Amphipod • Comal Springs Riffle Beetle • Texas Blind Salamander Dependent on Edwards Spring flows • The Whooping Crane • shrimp, crab, and other marine life that require a mixture of fresh and saline water in the bays and estuaries Edwards Aquifer Ecosystem A Treasure at Risk Rapid, unsustainable urbanization is pushing aquatic species to the brink of extinction Barton Springs salamander with gas bubble disease
