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 effort of the Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Spatial Science Laboratory, Tarrant Regional Water District, the Environmental Protection Agency, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and Texas Cooperative Extension.
Over 100 stakeholders from local government, state and federal agencies, consulting firms and extension agents attended. The training included a broad overview of issues related to watershed planning, a look into the roles federal, state, and local agencies play in watershed planning and water quality management, Wolfe said.
Talks also addressed funding sources for water quality BMP implementation and watershed management planning as well as ways to facilitate stakeholder groups and develop outcome based programs both essential to having successful programs, Wolfe said.
To download the workshop’s presentations go to North Central Texas Water Quality Web site.
