Barton Springs Pool emptied to create better environment for salamanders

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Visitors won’t be able to take a dip in one of Austin’s most popular swimming holes this week. It’s all part of some major work taking place at Barton Springs, known as the Eliza Spring Daylighting Project. Eliza Spring is home to Austin’s largest known population of the endangered Barton Springs salamander.
On Monday, crews emptied the pool in order to complete required work on a failing pipe underneath the north lawn. The Watershed Protection