Archive for 2005
- Range Revegetation Pilot Project on Fort Hood Expands
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Integrating New Partners
The Range Revegetation Pilot Project on Fort Hood is expanding to include new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences departments and faculty in the development of strategies for composted dairy manure use in restoration of primary maneuver training lands on Fort Hood.
Dr. Fred Smeins, rangeland ecology and management professor, along with Dr. Tom [...] - Researchers Test Drip Irrigation Design And Returns
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Writer: Tim W. McAlavy, (806) 746-6101,t-mcalavy@tamu.edu
Contact: James Bordovsky, (806) 889-3315,j-bordovsky@tamu.edu
HALFWAY – Crop producers on the Texas High Plains have long considered subsurface drip irrigation systems the “Cadillac” of irrigation technology. They maximize water use efficiency, boost crop yields in most cases and require less labor during operation due to automation.
But there is a drawback. Subsurface [...] - Watershed Management Training Successful
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The second North Central Texas Watershed Management Training, held Nov.17-18 in Ft. Worth, provided attendees with a wealth of outreach and educational tools to assist them in their water quality programs and watershed protection and remediation efforts, said Clint Wolfe, project manager of the North Central Texas Water Quality (NCTWQ) Project.
The NCTWQ is a collaborative [...] - TWRI Announces RFPs for Water Resources Grants
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The Texas Water Resources Institute announces requests for proposals for the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources matching grants to support research on the topics of water supply and water availability.
The amount available for research under this program is estimated at $920,000 in federal funds. Any investigator at a [...] - Peterson named to Wildlife and Conservation Policy Chair
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Dr. Tarla Rai Peterson joined the wildlife and fisheries sciences department as the Boone and Crockett Wildlife and Conservation Policy Chair at Texas A&M University.
The chair was established with a $500,000 gift from the Boone and Crockett Club and a matching $500,000 from the Texas A&M Development Foundation. The purpose of the chair is to [...] - Environmental Quality Management Training Now Online
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Writer: Edith A. Chenault, (979) 845-2886, e-chenault1@tamu.edu
Contact: Dr. Saqib Mukhtar, (979) 458-1019, mukhtar@tamu.edu
COLLEGE STATION – Dairy producers can now take mandatory training for confined-animal feeding operations without leaving their homes.
Environmental Quality Management of Animal Feeding Operations training is now online at http://www.peopleware.net/1542.
Dr. Saqib Mukhtar, Texas Cooperative Extension agricultural engineer, said the courses were developed by [...] - ET network for High Plains improved
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New improvements to the Texas High Plains Evapotranspiration Network (TXHPET) that provides daily weather data, including evapotranspiration-based crop water use, should make it easier for High Plains farmers and others to use the network to schedule irrigation of their crops and conserve the limited supplies of water.
The improvements, developed by Thomas Marek, research agricultural engineer [...] - Free soil-testing campaign kicks off in South Texas
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Writer: Rod Santa Ana III, (956) 968-5581, r-santaana@tamu.edu
Contacts: Dr. Enrique Perez, (956) 361-8236, e-perez@tamu.edu
Brad Cowan, (956) 383-1026, b-cowan@tamu.edu
WESLACO – Lower Rio Grande Valley farmers and ranchers could be in for a pleasant surprise if they take advantage of a soil-testing campaign. In addition to being free, the soil test may show producers they can [...] - Water Conservation for Nursery/Floral Growers Evaluated
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The Water Conservation Project, a joint project of the Texas Cooperative Extension, Department of Horticultural Sciences, the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association, officially started during the TNLA’s EXPO industry event on Aug. 18-21, 2005.
The project will evaluate the amount of water used for the production of nursery/floral crops and [...] - Project Evaluates 60-day Drought Survival of Turfgrass Species
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Texas Cooperative Extension in cooperation with the San Antonio Water System and the Turfgrass Producers of Texas recently began a two-year research project. The project will construct a rainout shelter and evaluate the 60-day drought survival of turfgrass species and cultivars in San Antonio. David Chalmers, associate professor of soil and crop sciences and state [...]
- Small Water Systems Seminar Set for Oct. 28
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The Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas Cooperative Extension are offering a workshop on homeland security issues for small water systems on Oct. 28 in Houston. The workshop is funded through Southeastern Technical Advisory Center and the Environmental Protection Agency.
“The workshop will provide information about homeland security issues to small water systems managers,” said Monty [...] - New Water Resources Faculty
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Texas A&M University has added several water resources faculty members in the past year. New faculty include:
Georgianne Moore, Assistant Professor, Rangeland Ecology and Management. Dr. Moore, with expertise in ecohydrology and woody vegetation management, joined the department in February 2005. Her particular interest is the role of vegetation in the water cycle and how vegetation [...] - New Waves E-letter Launched
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The Texas Water Resources Institute is launching an e-mail newsletter to provide Texas water resources professionals with brief, timely information about university-based water resources news, results of projects and programs, and new water-related publications and faculty. “New Waves” will supplement the new “txH2O” newsletter, which contains more in-depth articles. TWRI will distribute the e-newsletter as [...]
- Radon Concern in the Hickory Aquifer
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Graduate student assesses radionuclide problem
By Amanda Crawford
As the primary water source for Mason, Concho,McCulloch, San Saba,Menard, Kimble, and Gillespie counties in Central Texas, the threat of elevated radionuclide concentrations in the Hickory Aquifer’s groundwater poses health risks for residents in the area.
Radon is a natural, radioactive gas that may be found indoors in air or [...] - Assessing Phosphorus Loss to Protect Surface Water
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By Raul L. Garcia
The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) in collaboration with the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University, Texas Cooperative Extension (TCE), Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), have developed a field validation of the Texas Phosphorus [...]
