Water tracing dyes are often bright green to increase the visibility of the flow of water. They can help with determining how ...

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AUSTIN, Texas — Levels at Lady Bird Lake dropped 2 feet after a gate at Longhorn Dam failed while in the open position on ...

South Pleasant Valley Road between Cesar Chavez Street and South Lakeshore Boulevard is closed while crews work to resolve ...

The Toyota ShareLunker program kicked off February with two Legacy Class lunkers caught on consecutive days. Lady Bird Lake ...

A largemouth bass recently caught in Downtown Austin might just be a new state record. On Wednesday, Austin resident Willie Pipkin reeled in a largemouth bass weighing 14.05 pounds with a 27.75-inch ...

Willie Pipkin is a lifelong resident of Austin, Texas, where he plays guitar for a living. But his real passion is bass ...

A gate failure at Longhorn Dam caused a drop in Lady Bird Lake levels, prompting community cleanup of exposed litter.

The smell wasn’t great. Lady Bird Lake’s water level fell by about 2 feet. The Longhorn Dam holds the lake in. Austin Water ...

During scheduled work earlier on Tuesday, Jan. 28, one of nine gates at Longhorn Dam failed to close, causing the Lady Bird Lake level to begin dropping. The cause of the failure is under ...

At least 12 bodies have been pulled from “Lady Bird Lake” in Austin, Texas, in the last 22 months. Some can be explained as ...

Lady Bird Lake water levels in Austin dropped two feet below normal level after a gate at Longhorn Dam failed during ...