The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $6.17 million in grants during its May meeting in Austin, funding 21 trail construction and maintenance projects across the state.
The 54,000-acre Silver Lake Ranch, straddling Kinney and Edwards counties, has a 30-acre spring-fed lake that will be the centerpiece of the new state park.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department urges boaters and paddlers who enjoy the waterways to do their part to protect Texas lakes from aquatic invasive species.
