ENCHANTED ROCK & DOGS, 2: Bring your dogs, just don't 
bring 'em to the top of the summit. We explain ahead on 
Passport to Texas. 

This is Passport to Texas

Visitors to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area may bring 
their dogs with them - as long as it's not to the top of the 
granite dome.

05 - I'm a dog lover - I have two dogs - and I can't take my 
dogs up there either, anymore.

Doug Cochran, superintendent at Enchanted Rock State 
Natural Area, says a new regulation went into effect 
March first; it prohibits visitors from taking their dogs to 
the summit in order to protect the fairy shrimp that live 
in the vernal pools atop the dome.

13- We want to protect these precious resources for future 
generations. I want my grandkids and my grandkids' grandkids 
to come up and have the same experience on top of Enchanted 
Rock, looking at these fairy shrimp that the kids are have now.

Visitors have unwittingly upset the fragile ecosystems on 
E-Rock by allowing their pets to drink from, and relieve 
themselves too close to, the pools-thus polluting the 
water. Even so, dogs are welcome.

15- On our loop trail there's a 4.5 mile walk. You can take dogs 
out there, and they can get really good exercise, and you can see 
really great parts of Enchanted Rock on our loop trail that a lot of 
people don't get to see because they just go up to the summit 
and come down.

Find a link to the new regulation for Enchanted Rock at 
passporttotexas.org.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti






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