Category: 2025
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Coming Soon: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 104G Notice of Funding Opportunities
Kevin Conway, Ph.D., holds out a rock with a Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), an aquatic invasive species, along the Guadalupe River near the Canyon Lake Dam. Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications. The U.S. Geological Survey has informed us that the annual 104G General, Per-And Polyflouroalkyl (PFAS) and Aquatic Invasive Species…
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Danielle Kalisek honored for 20 years of service at TWRI
Texas Water Resources Institute Assistant Director Danielle Kalisek is a constant presence at TWRI. Leading all operational teams at the institute – communications, business and grant administration, she provides the institute with indispensable daily guidance and support. For TWRI’s daily work, she is a go-to person for solving problems and helping staff, but that hardly scratches the…
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War on water: Texas youth fight to raise awareness on water crisis
As she zips up her blue corduroy Future Farmers of America (FFA) jacket, she takes a deep breath reminding herself of all the preparation and hard work that’s led up to this moment. The usher calls her name, she steps forward, ready to ignite a fire in the hearts of her audience for the next…
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Smart irrigation sensor program helps farmers conserve water
Agricultural producers in Milam and Burleson counties have access to a new tool in their water-conservation toolbelts: low-cost to no-cost smart irrigation and soil-moisture sensors. This new irrigation program is provided by the Post Oak Savannah Conservation District (POSGCD) and implemented by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). The program gives farmers an opportunity to…
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New policy review published in Texas Water Journal Volume 16
Cover image for the Texas Water Journal, Volume 16, Number 1: Guadalupe River Nature Trail at Canyon Lake Dam. ©2023 Erich Ross Schlegel. The Texas Water Journal has published a new policy review in Volume 16, titled “How Texas Could Lead the Nation in Addressing a Growing Water Workforce Problem,” by Walter Den and Davida S. Smyth. In recent…
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Texas Water Journal article highlights inequities in Texas water resource management
Inequity persists in Texas water resource management and will worsen if changes are not made, says a recent Texas Water Journal (TWJ) article co-authored by Rosario Sanchez, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) senior research scientist. The article, titled “Addressing Challenges to Ensuring Justice and Sustainability in Policy and Infrastructure for Texas Water Resources in the 21st Century,”…
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What is a Watershed Protection Plan?
Bois d’Arc Lake via drone. Photo courtesy of David Cowan, North Texas Municipal Water District. Every person on Earth lives in a watershed, whether they realize it or not. A watershed is the land area that drains into a stream, river or eventually the ocean. And what happens across that land directly impacts the water…
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Middle Yegua Watershed Protection Plan published
An hour west of College Station lies Middle Yegua Creek, a tributary of the Yegua Creek system and part of the larger Brazos River Basin. The area surrounding the creek is rural, with a mix of agricultural pastures and wooded areas. Native wildlife can be found at every twist and turn. Since the land provides…
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Research roundup: recent water research from Texas A&M and other Texas universities
Peer-reviewed publications by Texas A&M AgriLife and Texas A&M University System scientists Assessing the effects of no-tillage with rye and mixed cover crops on soil water and nitrogen dynamics and soil carbon sequestration in semi-arid irrigated cotton production systems: This research, coauthored by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists, investigated the long-term effects of conventional tillage…
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Buzzing with promise: Grow Zone project in College Station demonstrates stream restoration
Frisbee golf players throw neon frisbees across the bubbling creek, parents push children in strollers around hilly sidewalks and joggers complete laps around the park block — a typical evening at Wolf Pen Creek Park in College Station is full of activity. At the center of it flows the creek, surrounded by lush vegetation, where…
