Salado Salamander

After the designation of the Salado Springs complex as critical habitat for the Salado Salamander, a research permit was required to conduct tracer tests and install piezometers to study groundwater flow patterns in the complex. Ms. Stephanie Wong, a graduate student at Baylor University, spearheaded the permit application process on behalf of CUWCD, and a five-year research permit was awarded to CUWCD in February 2015.

There is still much to learn about the Northern Segment system. Collaborative efforts, monitoring, and data gathering are on-going. Below are reports generated from these collaborative efforts.

• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2024 – USFWS
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2023 – USFWS
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2022 – USFWS
• Geographic patterns of genomic variation in the threatened Salado salamander, Eurycea chisholmensis
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2021 – USFWS
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2020 – USFWS
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2019 – USFWS
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2018 – USFWS
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2017 – USFWS
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2016 – USFWS
• Salado Salamander Monitoring Final Report 2015 – USFWS
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Permit – Annual Report 2015 for Permit TE52824B (Salado Salamander)
• An Investigation into the Recharge Pathways and Mechanisms In the Northern Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Bell County, Texas