Woodlawn Lake Park features a concrete trail, swimming pool, playground and a fishing pond.
Side, was one of the main reasons my wife, Jess, and I bought a house in the nearby Jefferson neighborhood in January.The park is usually full of people walking or running along the concrete trail that circumnavigates the lake. That main loop is 1.4 miles long, with a 0.2-mile spur that extends under Josephine Tobin Drive on the lake’s northwestern side.
Ordinary days at Woodlawn Lake Park are busy, too. Every time I visit, I see families at the playground, pickup basketball games and people fishing from the public pier, hoping to snag one of the bass or catfishplop into the lake by the thousands each year. On its south side, the park also features a small fishing pond, plus aThe main loop around the lake has become my regular running spot.
In this light, it’s hard to see the pieces of trash hanging just below the surface. By kayak, they’re obvious – containers, trash bags, and old shirts and blankets buoyed by trapped gas bubbles, lurking like schools of dark jellyfish. If the lake was dredged again, I wonder if it would contain just as much trash as sediment. Fortunately, the city is working on tackling this problem in part by contracting with River Aid San Antonio, the nonprofit where I serve as board president, to clean this litter from Woodlawn at least once a month. The first Sunday of each month, we show up with kayaks and trash bags, along with crews on land, to gather as much trash as possible in a day.
On the other hand, despite the trash and the poor water quality, the lake is teeming with life. As we paddle, tiny turtle heads dip below the water at our approach. Large fish have leaped into our boats while we’ve been pulling trash from the cattails. YouTube is full of videos of local anglers catching surprisingly big fish there.
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