Tag: Urban Stream Processes and Restoration
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CANCELED: Urban stream processes, restoration training set for March 18 in Austin
The morning session will be at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department office, 4200 Smith School Road. The afternoon session will be outdoors along Williamson Creek where participants will learn stream surveying techniques. Workshop presentations will be given by representatives of TWRI and Texas A&M AgriLife Research. Early registration is encouraged as the workshop is limited…
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Natural Resources Training Courses Update newsletter published
The Texas Water Resources Institute has published the newsletter, Natural Resources Training Courses Update, with a list of scheduled trainings for 2020. The February 2020 newsletter details multiple Urban Stream Processes and Restoration Trainings, Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Trainings, and the following events: Social Marketing for Natural Resources Professionals, Texas Watershed Coordinators Roundtable, Introduction to Watershed…
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Urban riparian, stream restoration program set for Feb. 20 in San Benito
Article originally written by Paul Schattenberg, A&M AgriLife The Texas Water Resources Institute’s Urban Riparian and Stream Restoration Program will host an Urban Stream Processes and Restoration Training workshop 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 20 in San Benito for professionals interested in conducting stream restoration projects around the South Texas area. The morning session will be at the Texas A&M…
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TWRI program trains professionals to improve Texas’ degraded urban rivers, streams
Rivers and streams are the veins that carry surface water. Have you given much thought to their health? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 55% of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor health partially due to insufficient vegetation cover and streamside disturbances, such as quickly developing areas, land conversions and the loss…
