New Braunfels City Council approved an ordinance change prohibiting public entry to the Comal River Old Channel from city-owned property on second and final reading April 13.
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The Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan requires the city to prohibit river access along the protected Comal River Old Channel. The previous ordinance only prohibited entrance to the Old Channel from the Landa Park Golf Course and did not cover access from Landa Park, Hinman Island Park or Prince Solms Park, according to agenda documents.
A lack of ordinance coverage at this location was recently discovered following the recent increase of people entering the Old Channel from Hinman Island Park and Prince Solms Park. The ordinance change will help protect the fountain darter habitat, according to the ordinance text. Fountain darters are only found in the Comal and upper San Marcos rivers in Texas, according to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
