Enchanted Rock is an enormous pink granite rock formation located in the Llano Uplift approximately 15 miles north of Fredericksburg and 15 miles south of Llano. It covers approximately 640 acres and rises approximately 425 feet above the surrounding terrain to an elevation of 1,825 feet above sea level. It is the largest such pink granite in the United States. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, a part of the Texas State Park system, includes 1,644 acres. Park activities include caving, hiking, primitive backpack camping, rock climbing and picnicking.
Rehabbed oiled birds to be released at Goose Island SP
The first Texas state park release of wild birds rehabilitated after exposure to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will take place Tuesday morning. An estimated 15 birds, mostly brown pelicans, rescued from the spill and treated at the Fr. Jackson Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Louisiana will be released at Goose Island State Park. The rehabbed birds are being flown from New Orleans to Rockport for relocation in areas with suitable habitat and minimal human disturbance. The birds generally are released as far as possible from areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and into similar populations from which they came. TPWD staff will be assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies in the release. Three similar rehabilitated bird releases have happened in Texas since the spill began, all at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.
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