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The Prophet of the Playas
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. There was a man from Nazareth; his name was Darryl. As farmer, educator, and former priest, Darryl Birkenfeld has devoted his life to a sort of resurrection. Not the lynchpin dogma of the Catholic Church, but a different kind of return for one of the most life-giving features of the Great Plains. Birkenfeld has devoted himself to the playas. Of all the state’s surface water features—which include rivers, lakes, and creeks—playas are among the least suited to a conservation campaign. The 23,000 grassy depressions in Texas range in size from 0.01 to 841 acres and rely on rain to fill their shallow basins, which hold on to…The post The Prophet of the Playas appeared first on Texas Monthly.