Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: Texas Waters Webinar Series 2025
Visit TPWD’s Texas Waters Specialist (TWS) webpage for TWS certification information, TWS curriculum, updates to the 2025 webinar series, and view recorded webinars and aquatic resources.
Texas Waters Specialist and Webinar Flyer 2025 (updated 01/09/2025)
- Chasing the Tide: One couple’s 370-mile walk across Texas’ barrier islands
- Tuesday, January 14 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT – Jay & Chrissy Kleberg, co-producers and co-directors of the documentary series, Chasing the Tide; In addition – Jay: Executive Director of the Gulf of Mexico Trust & Chrissy: former wildlife field biologist (U.S. Geological Survey, University of Florida, and the Peregrine Fund) and amateur photographer
- Register
- Geologic Origins of the South Texas Sand Sheet
- Tuesday, February 11 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT – Randy Bissell, South Texas Chapter TMN & Research Associate and Adjunct Professor with Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
- Register
- Caddo Lake Ecosystem
- March TBD @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT – Laura-Ashley Overdyke, Executive Director with Caddo Lake Institute
- Register: Coming Soon
- Texas Freshwater Mussels
- Wednesday, April 9 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT – Matt Johnson, Texas Freshwater Mussel Conservation and Recovery Coordinator with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Register
- Dark Waters, Strange Creatures: Amazing Life in Texas Groundwater
- Wednesday, May 14 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT – Dr. Benjamin Hutchins, Assistant Director & Groundwater Ecologist with Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center & TRIAGE – Texas State University
- Register
- Texas WET (Water Education Training) Course: New (Online) Advanced Training Course for Master Volunteer
- Tuesday, June 17 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT – Kelly Hibbeler Albus, Research Scientist with Texas Water Resources Institute’s Urban Water Team at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas
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- Impacts of Urban Water Supplies and Water Demand
- July TBD @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT – Betsy Marsh, Conservation Supervisor with Tarrant Water Regional District
- Register: Coming Soon
- One Water: Future of Water in Texas
- August TBD @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT – Robert Mace, Executive Director & Chief Water Policy Officer with The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
- Register: Coming Soon
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Report each session attended as AT: TX Waters Certification training
Contact
Melissa Felty (Alderson)
Melissa.Felty@tpwd.texas.gov
Conservation Education Manager
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Cell: (512) 217-5366