Remember When Austin’s Hike-and-Bike Trail Didn’t Have Enough Trees?

If you're an Austin old-timer, what we're about to tell you sounds insultingly simple -- but did you know the city's famously lush Hike-and-Bike Trail wasn't always so green? If you're one of the many people that moved here yesterday, you'd have no idea that much of the current tree cover shading many sections of the . . .

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