AT24-297 UGRA Lone Star Healthy Streams Seminar, Kerrville

Event Title: UGRA Lone Star Healthy Streams Seminar, Kerrville

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Comments:AT24-297 UGRA Lone Star Healthy Streams Seminar, Kerrville, Presenters: Leanne Wiley, James Long, Chase Brooks, Zach Howard (AT=5.0h)

Event Date:09/20/2024
Event Time: 9:00a-3:00p
Registration: 8:30a-9:00a

Event Summary:
UGRA along with Texas A&M AgriLife’s Lone Star Healthy Streams Program will be hosting a seminar to discuss feral hogs, watershed stewardship, small acreage conservation, and weed management. We encourage both land management professionals and rural landowners to attend.

Event Description:
The goal of the Lone Star Healthy Streams (LSHS) program is the protection of Texas waterways from bacterial contamination originating from livestock operations and feral hogs that may pose a serious health risk to Texas citizens. To achieve this important goal, the program’s objective is the education of Texas farmers, ranchers, and landowners about proper grazing, feral hog management, and riparian area protection to reduce the levels of bacterial contamination in streams and rivers.

The framework for the LSHS program is five resource manuals that focus on bacterial runoff management for beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, poultry, and feral hogs. As part of this educational program, current best management practices (BMPs) and novel BMPs are being evaluated to provide important information to citizens regarding BMP effectiveness relative to implementation costs and load reduction. Through enhanced education regarding riparian protection and vegetation management on grazing lands, LSHS will further protect Texas waterways from sediment, nutrient, and pesticide runoff with the concomitant loss of water and topsoil. It is important to note that the BMPs outlined on this website and in the manuals are not mandatory at this time and participation in the LSHS program is voluntary.

Note:

Future Workshops & Events:

• September 14 – Livingston, East Texas Ag & Outdoor Expo
• September 20 – Kerrville, Upper Guadalupe River Authority
• October 7-9 – Fredericksburg, Bennett Trust Land Stewardship
• October 25-27– Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting

For more information, visit the LSHS website or contact Leanne Wiley, LSHS program coordinator, by email: leanne.wiley@ag.tamu.edu or by phone at 979-321-5950.

The course is supported through a federal Clean Water Act §319(h) Nonpoint Source Grant administered by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Seminar will include lunch and pre-registration is required.

Presenters include:
Leanne Wiley, Texas A&M AgriLife, Program Specialist
James Long, Natural Resources Institute
Chase Brooks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Small Acreage Specialist
Zach Howard, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Weed Scientist

Cost: Free

Register @:  ugra.org  ( http://www.ugra.org/public-information/education/blog/seminar-2024) to register or call at 830-896-5445.

Event Location:
Hill Country Youth Event Center
3785 Hwy. 27
Kerrville, Texas
United States

Presenters:
See Above

Contact Information:
Shelby Tabor,   (staber@ugra.org)  or UGRA 830-896-5445

Organization Website:
https://Ugra.org 

Sponsoring Organization: , UGRA and Texas A&M Agrilife