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Parks report: Blue Hole earns Travelers’ Choice award; bat monitoring finds multiple species; $750,000 grant submitted for nature center

5806747 · September 18, 2025
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Parks Director Richard Shaver reported Blue Hole Regional Park earned a Travelers’ Choice Award, summer programs saw attendance increases, citizen science recorded possible sightings of multiple bat species at Patsy Glen Refuge, and staff submitted a $750,000 Texas Parks and Wildlife grant for a Blue Hole Nature Center.

WIMBERLEY, Texas — Parks Director Richard Shaver told the Wimberley City Council on Sept. 8 that Blue Hole Regional Park has been recognized with a Travelers’ Choice Award, marking it among the top 10% of attractions on TripAdvisor, and that swim operations and summer camps produced higher attendance and revenue than last year.

Shaver highlighted program growth — Blue Hole Nature Camp and Wimberley Summer Camp attendance rose about…

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