Texas Riparian & Stream Ecosystem Workshop

Advanced Training Opportunity: VMS category: AT: Agrilife Land Management and Wildlife Conservation Workshops and Programs

The free workshop will include both indoor classroom and outdoor presentations by multiple natural resource
agency experts and an outdoor field portion on a creek to discover how it functions and the role of riparian
vegetation in properly functioning systems.

Texas Riparian Workshop Bay City Event Flyer

Program Agenda

8:00 Meeting Registration
8:15 Welcome & Introductions – Bill Balboa, Matagorda County AgriLife Extension Agent
8:30 Program Overview, Watershed Management and Water Quality – Clare Entwistle, Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI)
9:15 How Creeks Function & Bear Creek Example – Melissa Parker, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
10:00 Break
10:15 Riparian Vegetation – Stephen Deiss, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
11:00 Management Practices, Local Resources and Photo Monitoring of Streams – Clare Entwistle, TWRI
11:45 Lunch
12:00 Lunchtime Presentation: Tres Palacios Watershed Protection Plan Update – Michael Schramm, TWRI
12:30 LCRA Creekside Conservation Program – Marshall Trigg, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
12:45 Protecting Private Lands – Rob Stroup/Jeff Crosby, Colorado River Land Trust
1:00 Trip to the Creek (Lead by NRCS and TPWD)
         – Creek Walk & Lane’s Balance Demonstration Activity
         – Agricultural Nonpoint Source Program: Kyle Wright, NRCS
         – Feral Hog Education: Josh Helcel, Texas A&M Natural Resource Institute
4:00 Wrap up and Head for Home!

RSVPs by May 1 2018 by clicking here or by contacting Claire Entwistle.

The workshop is being co-hosted by the Lower Colorado River Authority, the AgriLife Extension Office in
Matagorda County and the Texas Water Resources Institue.