• Originally published July 11, 2008 at 11:13 p.m., updated July 11, 2008 at 11:13 p.m.

SEGUIN – Efforts to maintain the Edwards Aquifer moved another step forward Thursday when stakeholders hired a team of scientists to study endangered species.

The steering committee of the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program approved hiring a team of eight scientists to be led by Thomas Hardy of Utah State University, program manager Robert Gulley said.

Hardy would call on other experts as needed, including members of Texas Parks and Wildlife, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and state universities.

The team of scientists would evaluate the biological impacts of flow conditions on the endangered fountain darter, Comal Springs riffle beetle and Texas wild rice, which live in and around the Comal and San Marcos springs, according to a news release from the steering committee.

The steering committee’s goal is to complete a habitat conservation plan with recommendations for aquifer management by September 2012.

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