Join us on September 9th at 7 PM. Every drop has a journey—and in the Lavon watershed, that journey connects over 2.3 million people. The Lavon watershed story is one of scale, resilience, and shared responsibility. Spanning 768 square miles across Collin, Grayson, Fannin, and Hunt counties, the Lavon Lake watershed is far more than a topographic feature – healthy watersheds act as nature’s filtration system, reducing erosion and capturing sediment and contaminants before they reach our rivers and lakes. Maintaining healthy watersheds is vital for the protection of aquatic environments and the source waters that supply drinking water to our region. In this presentation, we’ll follow the “journey of a raindrop” through the Lavon watershed, exploring how land use, land cover, and water quality data come together to shape management decisions. You’ll hear how a diverse Partnership worked in 2017 to identify pollution sources and identified management measures to improve water quality.
Speaker: Lauren Plunk, Watershed Manager for North Texas Municipal Water District
Lauren is the Watershed Manager for the North Texas Municipal Water District. Lauren has over 10 years of experience in water resources engineering and regulatory compliance, including experience as an engineering consultant, municipal engineer, and as a corporate environmental compliance manager. Lauren is also a former high school engineering teacher. Lauren holds a BS and MS in Environmental Engineering from Southern Methodist University and holds two Texas professional licenses – Professional Engineer and Secondary Classroom Teacher.
When: Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 – 7:00 PM
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- SRC Doors will open at 6:30 PM
- Zoom meeting waiting room will open at 6:45 PM
- Business Meeting will begin at 7:00 PM
- Naturalist Talk will start at 7:30 PM (approximately)
Physical Meeting Location: Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary,
1Nature Place, McKinney, TX 75069, Science Resource Center (SRC) building.
Directions to SRC: Drive through Heard gates, past the parking lot and museum building, and continue until the road ends at the large white SRC building.
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Chapter Meeting Host: Vicki Sanders, [email protected]