Photo by Annie Drabicky 
Photo by Joe Olivieri 
Photo by Annie Drabicky 
Photo by Joe Olivieri 
Photo by Annie Drabicky 
Photo by Annie Drabicky Park contains hidden worlds
At first glance, Goat Cave Karst Preserve looks like a neighborhood park with a nature trail, but much more is going on beneath the surface.
The 9-acre preserve on Deer Lane is home to karsts—fissures, caves and sinkholes formed when water bore holes into the area's porous limestone.
Karsts delve down to the water table and connect local surface creeks to the Edwards Aquifer, said Nico Hauwert, city senior environmental scientist. The caves are home to species such as salamanders, millipedes, beetles, crickets, scorpions and some spiders.
"There's this whole underground world down there that nobody knows about," Hauwert said.
