tx H2O Summer 2008
- Linking Texas irrigation
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Irrigation research and education professionals have had a tremendous impact on the development and implementation of irrigation systems and practices in Texas, yet few efforts have been made to coordinate ongoing programs and results. With the formation of the Consortium for Irrigation Research and Education (CIRE) in 2007, these professionals have formed a forum to discuss and share projects and results and are working to better communicate irrigation information throughout the state and beyond.
- Training days
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Helping water professionals learn how to manage water resources is the goal of new training programs coordinated by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI).
- Course helps professionals develop watershed protection plans
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Water resources professionals wanting training on watershed protection plan development are benefiting from a course organized by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and collaborators.
- National expert in river restoration teaches course
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Forty-four Texas water resources professionals met at the Mayan Dude Ranch outside of Bandera, Texas, on Jan. 28-Feb. 1 to learn about river restoration from a nationally recognized expert.
- Making water work
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Every year farmers on the Texas High Plains hear how the Ogallala Aquifer underneath their cultivated acres is slowly being depleted. They know that to continue farming they must use the best, most efficient irrigation methods to make this water last.
- Teaching internationally
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Texas A&M professor travels the world teaching water resources engineering
- A golden opportunity
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Scientists at three Texas universities investigating golden algae, its explosive growth, and its deadly toxins have discovered an apparent competition between golden algae and blue green algae in certain Texas lakes. Understanding this competition could lead them closer to controlling this harmful algae, the researchers said.
- Youth Water Camp
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In January 1991, a committee of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service (now Texas AgriLife Extension Service) and Upper Pecos Soil and Water Conservation District personnel met on the development of a 4-H water camp educating youth on water issues to be held at the George and Opal Bentley 4-H Center in Ward County.
- Cultivating corn in clumps increases water efficiency, yield
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Cornfields in the Texas High Plains may look a little different in the future if research findings by a group of scientists are adopted by farmers.
