Tag: Texas Watershed Planning Program
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Watershed coordinator roundtable talks microbial source tracking, gathers Texas water professionals
Texas watershed coordinators and water professionals gathered in College Station on May 20 for the semi-annual Texas Watershed Coordinator Roundtable. Part of Texas Water Resources Institute’s Watershed Planning Short Course program, the roundtable gives attendees the opportunity to network and discuss happenings in the watershed planning space. This meeting focused on microbial source tracking (MST), providing an update…
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2025 Texas Watershed Planning Short Course equips water professionals
The 14th iteration of the Texas Water Resources Institute’s Texas Watershed Planning Short Course training took place Jan. 27-30 at the Mayan Ranch in Bandera. Part of the Texas Watershed Planning project, the 4-day course brought together 35 water professionals from across the United States to learn the ins and outs of watershed protection plans and best…
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Texas Watershed Planning Program honored with UCOWR Education and Public Service Award
Kevin Wagner, OWRC, Lucas Gregory, TWRI, and Gerald J. Kauffman, UCOWR past-president. The Texas Watershed Planning Program received the 2024 Education and Public Service Award from the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) during the 60th Anniversary Joint Water Resources Conference in St. Louis, Missouri earlier this month. The joint conference was hosted by UCOWR, the National…
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Watershed Planning Program recognized with UCOWR award
2017 Texas Watershed Planning Shortcourse. (Photo by Ed Rhodes.) The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) recently named the Texas Watershed Planning Program the recipient of the 2024 UCOWR Education and Public Service Award. The Texas Watershed Planning Program was developed by the Texas Water Resources Institute in 2006 with input from content experts around the United States,…
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Photo essay: Agricultural BMPs for watershed planning
What could you learn at a training for Agricultural Best Management Practices for Watershed Planning? This event, hosted by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) on April 3, is part of TWRI’s Texas Watershed Planning Program, a program designed for people interested in or responsible for watershed protection and restoration, including employees and volunteers with federal, state, county…
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Institute to offer two trainings for water resource professionals in July
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is holding two trainings in College Station in July for water resources professionals as part of its Texas Watershed Planning Program. The Texas Watershed Coordinator Roundtable is set for 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. July 24 at Texas A&M University’s Thomas G. Hildebrand Equine Complex, 3240 F&B Road. This free event is for water…
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Texas watershed coordinators learn watershed planning essentials
Article originally written by Kathy Wythe. The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI)’s Texas Watershed Planning Training Program recently held its 9th short course at Camp Allen Conference and Retreat Center near Navasota to train 30 watershed coordinators and other water resource professionals in watershed planning. The four-day course consistently receives excellent reviews and has educated around 300…
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Courses in Dallas June 13-14 will spotlight stakeholder engagement
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) Texas Watershed Planning Program is hosting a two-course series on watershed stakeholder engagement for water and natural resources professionals June 13-14 in Dallas. The first course, Getting in Step – Top 10 Outreach Tips that Won’t Break the Bank, will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 13 at the Texas…
