Category: 2023
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Teacher training on citizen science and Junior Master Gardner set for July 12 in Fort Worth
ACCESS Water workshops provide teachers with hands-on learning. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Albus.) Teachers who work with students of all ages are invited to a Junior Master Gardener and Citizen Science Training July 12 in Fort Worth. Onsite check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the training will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at…
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Coming soon: Summer 2023 txH2O
(iStock photo by Meindert van der Haven.) The summer 2023 issue of txH2O magazine, a publication by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), will be available soon. This issue’s theme is new problems facing Texas water and the scientists developing practical solutions. The articles will spotlight technologies to remove PFAS chemicals from water; cities adjusting stormwater infrastructure…
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Student spotlight: Trevor Johnson
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw (Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Funded in 2021 by a $10-million, 5-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Southern Great Plains Regenerative Agriculture project is working to intensify agricultural production in an environmentally sustainable way to enhance agronomic, economic, and community resiliency in the Southern…
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Two new staff join TWRI water team
Adriana Williams (left) and Amanda Tague (right) have joined the TWRI staff. The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) water team is growing, and two new staff members recently joined the team. Amanda Tague has joined TWRI as a full-time research associate, after serving as a graduate student research assistant at TWRI for the past year. She works with…
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Spring watershed coordinator roundtable tours Baffin Bay, gathers Texas water leaders
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw (Attendees at the watershed coordinator roundtable event in Baffin Bay. Photo by Cameron Castilaw, TWRI.) Watershed coordinators and other water resource professionals convened in Corpus Christi for a two-day watershed tour and roundtable April 18-19. Part of TWRI’s Watershed Planning Short Course program, the semi-annual Texas Watershed Coordinator Roundtable gives attendees…
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Communications student intern positions available at TWRI
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is hiring communications student interns, and positions are open to both graduate and undergraduate students. Communications interns assist the TWRI communications team, develop social media content, research article topics, interview sources and write articles for TWRI’s publications: our monthly email newsletter TWRI News and txH2O magazine. In addition, interns may develop and/or edit news…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madalyn Richards (Photo by Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Read recent peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists: A planning framework to mitigate localized urban stormwater inlet flooding using distributed Green Stormwater Infrastructure at an urban scale: Case study of Dallas, Texas: In a study…
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Hundreds of Texas students produce environmental science videos for Slingshot Challenge
A shot from a Wimberley ISD student’s Slingshot Challenge video, discussing the Edwards Aquifer and One Water systems for school buildings. (Courtesy of Kelly Albus.) Thanks to tireless schoolteachers, students’ ingenuity and hard work, and support from Texas A&M AgriLife professionals, this spring hundreds of middle and high school students in Texas produced educational videos…
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Riparian and stream ecosystem program workshop for Double Bayou watershed set for May 31
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, will host a free Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 31 in Wallisville for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the Double Bayou Watershed. The morning session will be at the White’s Park Community Building, 222 White Memorial Park Road in Wallisville. The…
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Private water well screenings set for South Texas May 22-25
The Texas Well Owner Network, TWON, is hosting six upcoming events in south Texas May 22-23 to allow residents to have their well water screened: a “Well Educated” water well screening in Benavides and five “Well Informed” water well screenings in Falfurrias, Robstown, Kingsville, Zapata and Cuero. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator,…
