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Woodlands GREEN Lecture details: Spring Creek pollution plan
April 23 @ 6:00 am – 7:00 pm
| Woodlands GREEN Lecture details: Spring Creek pollution plan Thursday, April 23 @ 6pmOnline: https://zoom.us/j/94397946851 While we all appreciate and enjoy the Mitchell Preserve, Spring Creek Greenway and many other trails and paths along Spring Creek, the unfortunate fact is that Spring Creek itself has been designated “impaired” by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) because of excessive amounts of fecal bacteria. Our speaker has spoken to the G.R.E.E.N. about this issue in the past; discussing at that time the proposed Spring Creek Pollution Protection Plan developed by the TCEQ and Harris-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC)with input from local stakeholders. The Plan has been approved and adopted by the state and In this talk, Rachel will update the status of our efforts. Ms. Windham will discuss the interconnectivity of local watersheds and some of the common challenges impacting the quality of water in our own Spring Creek. She will also outline strategies for responding to these challenges that can be carried out at individual, local, and regional levels. As an example, she will highlight progress made by the Spring Creek Watershed Partnership – a community led organization working to improve water quality in Spring Creek and its tributaries, including Panther and Bear Branches.Speaker: Rachel Windham is a Senior Planner in the Community and Environmental Department at H-GAC. Since joining the department in 2019, she has worked on watershed projects focused on improving water quality through reductions in pollution and contaminant loads from point and non-point sources. Before joining the H-GAC, Rachel accrued over 10 years of experience as a researcher on multiple water quality and environmental projects in the Lower Galveston Bay Watershed. She is a proud alum of the Texas A&M University Galveston Campus where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology and Master of Marine Resources Management degrees.Don’t miss this informative talk. Together we can make a difference. We look forward to seeing you on the 23rd. Invite a friend…………………………… or two. VMS: AT: Woodlands GREEN (Spring Creek Pollution Protection Plan) |