Category: 2024
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Davidson Creek water quality training set for Nov. 7 in Caldwell
A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on the Davidson Creek watershed will be held on Nov. 7 in Caldwell. The free event will be held at the AgriLife Extension office for Burleson County, 1516 Farm-to-Market Road 166, from 8 a.m. to noon and is open to anyone interested in improving the region’s water quality. A free lunch will…
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Public comment period opens for Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Protection Plan
The Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Protection Plan has been approved by stakeholders and is now available for public comment. The voluntary, stakeholder-driven watershed protection plan was created to improve water quality in Middle Yegua Creek, a tributary in the Brazos River Basin. The partnership was initiated when water samples collected in Middle Yegua Creek by the Brazos River…
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Riparian and stream ecosystem program workshop for Richland-Chambers Reservoir watershed set for Nov. 14
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, and the Texas Riparian Association will host a free Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program on Nov. 14 in Blooming Grove. The program is for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the Richland-Chambers Reservoir watershed, and it will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The…
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Thompsons Creek watershed protection meeting set for Nov. 11
The public is invited to attend a Thompsons Creek Watershed Partnership meeting on Nov. 11 at 2:30 p.m. at the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Dr, in Bryan. This partnership serves as the forum for public input, which will drive the development of a voluntary, stakeholder-driven watershed protection plan (WPP) for Thompsons Creek watershed. Ward Ling, program…
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New article published in Texas Water Journal Volume 15
The Texas Water Journal has published a new article in Volume 15 titled Addressing Challenges to Ensuring Justice and Sustainability in Policy and Infrastructure for Texas Water Resources in the 21st Century by Margaret A. Cook, Darrel M. Tremaine, Briana M. Wyatt, Jay L. Banner, Joni Charles, Matthew Berg, Tianna Bruno, Yael R. Glazer, Coy Callison, Robert E. Mace,…
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Environmental education impacts and measurement workshop set for Oct. 22 in Dallas
Extension, outreach and education professionals from all fields are invited to an Environmental Education Measuring Impacts Workshop on Oct. 22 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas. The training will cover how to use mapping tools, surveys and storytelling to both evaluate the impacts of science education programs and boost program…
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Riparian and stream ecosystem workshop for Matagorda Bay watersheds set for Oct. 30
The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, will host a free Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 30 near Bay City for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in the watersheds of Matagorda Bay. The morning session will be at the Matagorda County Birding Nature Center, 1025 Texas State…
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Medina River watershed protection meeting set for Oct. 15 in Castroville
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI will host a stakeholder meeting for the Medina River Below Medina Diversion Lake Watershed Protection Plan on Oct. 15 in Castroville. The free, public meeting will be from 1-3 p.m. at the Braden Keller Community Center, 1410 Amelia St. This meeting will begin covering the final components of the…
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Q&A: How does flooding impact water quality monitoring?
Texans are no strangers to severe weather events. Each year brings its challenges of potential droughts, fires, hurricanes, flash floods and more. A heavy rain season brings additional challenges to the water team at the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and their monthly routine water quality sampling visits to water bodies around Texas. We talked…
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Behind the scenes: water quality monitoring at Town Creek
This week the Texas Water Resources Institute’s water team was out at Town Creek, one of our newest project sites, conducting regularly scheduled water quality monitoring. Research specialists Shaylynn Postma and Amanda Tague, along with student technician Janelle Wright, measured flow rate, pH, velocity and other instream conditions, and collected samples from the three sites for E.coli. Over time, monthly water…
