San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance

10/22/2026

10/21: Rob Hayden cutting the steel grate that will be the deck for the HunDun grate walk.

10/22/2026

10/15: Building the grate walk on HunDun. If we were going to deck it with wood, it would be a board walk. But this will have steel grating that was donated by Joey at Green Guy Rec.

10/19/2026

Join us for the 2027 SMGA Annual Meeting on Saturday, February 6, 2027! Come celebrate another year of stewardship, trails, and community with us.

Registration is coming soon! Keep an eye out for more details, and mark your calendars. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Date: February 6, 2027
Doors open: 1 PM
Location: Pauline Espinosa Community Hall, San Marcos, TX

10/09/2026

2026.10.08 TRAIL CREW THURSDAY
Team Flora worked with the City Arborist to assemble 130+ tree cages. More than a dozen of us worked to cut the horse fencing into 9' lengths and bundle five together for transport to a November tree planting.
The regular trail crew worked on a re-route of the trail at Foxtail Run.

09/27/2026

Congratulations to Janet Wallace, winner of the 2026 SMGA Naturescapes Award. Her photo of this pearl milkweed vine was taken in Schulle Canyon Natural Area. Janet was presented with her award by SMGA member Susan Hanson, substituting for president Jon Cradit, who is away. To be eligible for this award, a photo must be taken in one of our natural areas and must also be selected for the Naturescapes exhibit by an independent judge. Of 292 submissions, only 60 photos were accepted into the show.

09/12/2026

Photos from the past 2 -3 weeks at Hun-Dun…
Tru-grid crew
Armored crossing crew
Clearing invasives crew
Clearing tread crew
Cleaning up our staging area crew!
( text and photos by Jo and Monique)

09/05/2026

Join SMGA at Snakefessst!: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4EAFAB2DA1F9CE9-65332449-snakefessst

We’ll be tabling at the City of San Marcos’ Snakefessst and need a few volunteers to help us spread the word about SMGA! Come hang out, connect with the community, and talk all things trails and greenbelts.

Can’t volunteer? Come check out Snakefessst and say hi!

🐍 Snakefessst is taking place on Saturday, September 12 from 9am-2pm at the San Marcos Discovery Center.

Learn about and interact with the snakes that call our area home. Participate in h**p walks to experience snakes and reptiles in their natural habitat. Attend lectures and visit partner booths and educational displays to learn about snakes and snake safety. Enjoy snake-themed music, vote in our snake art contest, enjoy photo ops, snake themed activities, crafts, vendors and more.

This event is FREE and fun for all ages! Event and art contest details, as well as volunteer, sponsor and vendor signup links can all be found at sanmarcostx.gov/snakefessst.

Huge shoutout to San Antonio Zoo for your generous donation toward this event!

07/23/2026

Pak Mail on Wonderworld, San Marcos, is generously donating 100% of profits from their fax, scan, and shredding services to SMGA during the week of July 27 as part of their reopening celebration. Make a point to stop by and thank them! This kind of support means a lot to us, not just financially but also in terms of community awareness.

07/22/2026

We gathered at Middleton Brewing on Tuesday night to honor Cameron Herber and to wish him well as he moves on to graduate school in Philadelphia. He's been a great leader on Trail Crew, and our work has benefitted greatly from his expertise. Thanks for all you've done for SMGA, Cameron!

07/05/2026

THURSDAY CREW UPDATE: Back at Hun- Dun. The trail building is moving a bit faster as we fine- tune our assembly line tasks. City moved a small front loader to the site and now gravel is moving faster and less hands needed shoveling gravel into the wheelbarrows, Red’s trailer, and other wheeled vehicles. Team Flora was working on removing invasives and spreading native plant seeds.
(Photos : Brandon S, Lance, Monique)