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Texas
Watch
Texas State University
River Systems Institute
Aquarena Ctr - The Landing
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666
Toll free 877-506-1401
FAX: 512-245-2095
email:texas_watch@geo.txstate.edu
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Texas
Watch is a network of trained volunteers and supportive partners
working together to gather information about the natural resources
of Texas and to ensure the information is available to all
Texans. Established in 1991, Texas Watch is administered through
a cooperative partnership between Texas State University,
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Currently,
over 400 Texas Watch volunteers collect water quality data
on lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, bays bayous, and estuaries
in Texas. Learn More>
Texas
Watch Training: Texas Watch will hold a water
quality monitoring training on Saturday, November
17, 2007 from 8:30-3:30 at The Landing - Aquarena
Center. This training will teach participants how to collect
water quality data. Upon successful completion of the training,
participants will be "Certified Water Quality Monitors."
For more information or to sign up, please contact Heidi Moltz
via email at hm1079@txstate.edu
or phone at 512-245-3461.
Texas
Watch Regional Meeting: Texas Watch, in partnership
with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality(TCEQ) and
the Sabine River Authority (SRA), will host a roundtable presenting
information about water quality issues in Adams and Cow Bayous.
This forum will be held: Saturday, Nov. 10th, 8:30-3:30
at West Orange Community Center in Orange, TX. Lunch
will be provided. If you would like to attend, please contact
Terry Wendland at 877-506-1401 or email tw05@txstate.edu
or Eric Mendelman at 512-245-1346 or email em20@txstate.edu.
For further information click
here>
Texas
Watch Regional Meeting:Texas Watch will host
a roundtable featuring informative presentations and discussion
on Oso Bay/Oso Creek and Petronila Creek with a special emphasis
on bacteria and solid waste issues. The forum will be held:
Saturday, Nov. 10th 8:30 - 3:00 at Coastal Bend Council
of Governments, 2910 Leopard St., in Corpus Christi, TX.
The meeting is free and open to the public, with a light lunch
provided. If you would like to attend, please contact Eric
Mendelman at 512-245-1409 or email em20@txstate.edu
Summer
Newsletter 2007: The Summer 2007 issue of
the Texas Watch Newsletter is now online. The issue features
articles about The Orange County TMDL Project, Welcome New
Arroyo Colorado Watershed Monitors, and A Field Trip on a
Glass-Bottom Boat. To read these and other articles
Click here>
Take
the Newsletter Survey!
Click here>
World
Water Monitoring Day 2007 - September 18, 2007 to October
18, 2007
World Water Monitoring Day is an international
outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement
in protecting water resources around the world. Held annually
between Sept 18 and Oct 18, the program engages communities
in monitoring the condition of local rivers, streams, estuaries
and other water bodies. Since its inception in 2002, more
than 80,000 people have participated in 50 countries. For
more information visit:
http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/
Texas Watch TMDL
Projects
To learn more about educational
opportunities in the Arroyo Colorado Watershed, click
here
TSU Common Experience
2007-2008
The Common Experience a year-long initiative
of Texas State University-San Marcos designed to cultivate
a common intellectual conversation across the campus has announced
its 2007-2008 theme: The Water Planet: A River Runs Through
Us. For more information and calendar of events click
here>
New!! Aquarena Center
Wetlands Walk Podcast: click
here>
New!! Texas Watch
Photos Available On Line: Photos from Texas
Watch trainings and other events are now available to view
online.
Click here>
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