Tag: twri
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Meet the new TWRI Director
For 76 years, the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has helped Texans solve critically important water problems, and as of this month, the institute has a new leader at the helm. Giovanni Piccinni, Ph.D., has formally assumed the role of TWRI director. He previously served as the Global Lead for field and plant production optimization…
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Medina River watershed protection meeting set for Sept. 9 in Castroville
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, will host a stakeholder meeting for the Medina River Below Medina Diversion Lake Watershed Protection Plan Sept. 9 in Castroville. The public meeting will be from 1-4 p.m. at the Braden Keller Community Center, 1410 Amelia St. Tina Hendon, TWRI program specialist, said the meeting is the fourth in a…
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Medina River watershed protection meeting set for Sept. 9 in Castroville
The Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, will host a stakeholder meeting for the Medina River Below Medina Diversion Lake Watershed Protection Plan Sept. 9 in Castroville. The public meeting will be from 1-4 p.m. at the Braden Keller Community Center, 1410 Amelia St. Tina Hendon, TWRI program specialist, said the meeting is the fourth in a…
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Mills Scholarship recipient studies harmful algae blooms
Article originally written by Madison Pigg Crista Kieley, a graduate student in the Department of Marine Biology at Texas A&M University, researches the complex forces driving cyanobacterial blooms in warm monomictic lakes, which overturn only once a year. She focused her graduate research on these harmful blooms, a growing area of study, in the south-central…
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Loren Henley joins TWRI
Loren Henley is the newest team member at the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI). Joining TWRI’s business team as a grant administrator this month, Henley assists and provides support for pre- and post-award processes and grant proposal submission. She reviews proposals, agreements, budgets and various proposal and project documents and serves as a liaison with Texas…
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Thompsons Creek watershed protection meeting set for July 31 in Bryan
The public is invited to attend the Thompsons Creek Watershed Partnership meeting on July 31 in Bryan. The meeting will be at 2:30 p.m. at the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive. This partnership will serve as the forum for public input, which will drive the development of a voluntary, stakeholder-driven watershed protection plan, or WPP. “Anyone…
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Middle Yegua Creek watershed protection meeting set for July 9
The public is invited to join the Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Partnership and attend a project meeting on July 9. The meeting is the partnership’s sixth and will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Lee County, 310 S. Grimes St., in Giddings. The meeting is a forum for public…
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Giovanni Piccinni named Texas Water Resources Institute director
Giovanni Piccinni, Ph.D., will return to Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Bryan-College Station, with a wealth of expertise to bolster his new role as director of the Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, effective Aug. 1. In addition to 14 years and several roles within Texas A&M AgriLife, Piccinni has served as an industry executive focused on water management and…
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Meet TWRI’s newest staff members
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) continues to grow in the new year with four additional members joining the team. Marisa Collura began in late January, and is a program specialist II, leading and supporting various watershed management programs on a statewide basis. Also part of the monitoring team, she…
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TWRI by the numbers in 2023
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) continued to grow and innovate in 2023, providing science-based, community-supported solutions for Texas’ pressing water challenges through internal expertise and external collaborations. TWRI by the numbers in 2023:
