Conservation Matters: Focusing on water quality, land stewardship tools, a watershed protection plan & more

Conservation Matters is published by the Texas Water Resources Institute and the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute.

A land stewardship education dispatch
We're building a community of practice around land stewardship from the wings that fly above to the water trickling through the soil. Check out this peek into the 22 mini-lessons you can dive into today. Read more.

Texas water quality and septic systems
There are over 2.2 million septic systems in Texas, but these can cause water quality problems if they aren’t working right. Learn ways to find potential funding aid for repairing or replacing failing systems. Read more.

Landowner Loop: Tending the soil first
Instead of a Private Land Stewardship Lesson or publication to aid in conservation efforts, NRI is learning from landowners in their continuing series called "Landowner Loop." Read more.

EPA accepts Carancahua Bay Watershed Protection Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has accepted the Carancahua Bay Watershed Protection Plan published by TWRI. Read more.

Forging Ahead
COVID may have changed our summer plans, but we're forging ahead with new ways to deliver quail education. This month, you can practice your plant identification skills with a new PLS Lesson, enjoy some online learning activities hosted by the Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade, and join us in congratulating Dr. Dale Rollins on achieving professor emeritus status! Read more.

Healthy Lawns, Healthy Waters online workshops set for August
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters Program will host four residential rainwater harvesting and turf management trainings focused on watersheds throughout Texas in August. Read more.

TWRI publishes technical reports, newsletters & educational materials
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NRI's Dale Rollins awarded professor emeritus
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ICYMI: How can you help with water quality?
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txH₂O highlight: How does water quality monitoring work?
Read more.

Events

Previously listed events may be canceled or postponed to comply with Texas A&M University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) directives designed to protect public health.

Hillebrandt Bayou and Neches River Tidal TMDL and I-Plan Meeting August 14,
August 14, Online

US-Mexico Transboundary Groundwater Conference,
October 14-15, Online

Rainwater harvesting and turf management training,
August 20, Online

Texas Groundwater Summit,
September 1-3, Online

University land, water & wildlife news we are reading

Study says carbon dioxide levels rising in Gulf Of Mexico, Texas A&M Today
Boron nitride destroys PFAS 'forever' chemicals PFOA, GenX, Rice University
Divining monsoon rainfall months in advance with satellites and simulations, University of Texas at Austin
Diatom research could prove an innovative key to improving efficiency of desalination, Texas State University
Texas primed to be pearl in new oyster farming industry, Texas A&M Today

Resources

Texas Water Journal
Texas+Water
Wild Wonderings blog
txH₂O
Natural Resources Training Program Updates
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M AgriLife Research

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TWRI and NRI work together to foster and communicate research and educational outreach programs focused on water and natural resources science and management issues in Texas and beyond. TWRI and NRI are part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University.

Conservation Matters publishes timely information about water and natural resources news and research at universities and organizations in Texas. If you have information for possible inclusion in Conservation Matters, please contact Kerry Halladay at kerry.halladay@ag.tamu.edu. All submissions may be edited for grammar and style.

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Conservation Matters: Focusing on water quality, land stewardship tools, a watershed protection plan & more