A story of loss, resilience
and restoration.
A Fin and Fur Films Production
Director Ben Masters & Producer Josh Winkler
On July 4th, 2025, catastrophic flash flooding swept through the Texas Hill Country. The river rose more than 37 feet in a matter of hours, and entire communities along its banks were forever changed.
In the days that followed, an extraordinary response unfolded. Search and rescue teams, volunteers, and organizations from across the state and the nation converged on the Hill Country. The river itself bore deep scars: an estimated 52% of riparian vegetation in Kerr County was lost, and roughly 1.8 million cubic tons of debris had to be cleared from its banks.
Hope for the Guadalupe follows the biologists, landowners, and conservationists working together to restore the river through native planting, seed distribution, and long-term land stewardship replanting cypress, sycamore, and native grasses that hold the banks in place.
As the land and river begin to recover, so too do the people who call it home.
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Support the work
the river demands.
The Hope for the Guadalupe River Recovery Fund is a dedicated fund of the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, established to support long-term restoration along the Guadalupe River corridor.
Contributions directly fund native planting, riparian restoration, seed distribution, land stewardship, and conservation education carried out by a coalition of four partner organizations working together across Kerr County and the broader Hill Country.
52%
of riparian vegetation in Kerr County lost
1.8M
cubic yards of debris cleared from the river
37 ft
rise in water level in a matter of hours
Four Organizations. One River.
The “Hope for the Guadalupe” River Recovery Fund, a dedicated fund by The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country that will support the Hill Country Alliance, San Antonio Botanical Garden, the Kerr County River Foundation, and the Hunt Preservation Society’s efforts to restore the river.
