BONHAM - The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research invite residents in the Bois D' Arc Creek watershed to a public meeting to discuss a water quality project. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers Room at the Bonham City Hall located at 514 Chestnut St in Bonham. Sign-in will begin at 5:45 p.m. and the meeting will start at 6:00 p.m.
Bois D’ Arc Creek is within the Red River Basin within Grayson and Fannin Counties. Bois D’ Arc Creek extends from the confluence with the Red River upstream to the headwaters northwest of Whitewright in Grayson County. Bois D’ Arc Creek is on the state’s list of impaired waters for having bacteria levels that exceed water quality standards for primary contact recreation.
At this meeting, landowners and citizens will have the opportunity to learn about a new project, Recreational Use Attainability Analysis for Ten Creeks in the Red River and Neches River Basins, which focuses on assessing the level of recreational use occurring among Bois D’ Arc Creek.
Since decisions made about these waterbodies will affect landowners, citizens, industries, and municipalities, local participation is fundamental to the success of this project. Stakeholders will be asked to provide guidance on the direction of this project.
Stakeholders will be given an opportunity to review historical land use data and discuss how this effort will create an updated recreational use classification for the Bois D’ Arc Creek watershed.
Nikki Jackson, with the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research, will give background information on Bois D’ Arc Creek and introduce the recreational use attainability analysis project. "Stakeholder input on survey sites and recreational use is crucial to the success of the project," Jackson said.
This project is funded by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board through a general revenue nonpoint source grant to the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research.
For more information about the meeting, visit the project website at http://tiaer.tarleton.edu/ruaa/index.html or contact Jackson at 254-968-1902 or njackson [at] tiaer [dot] tarleton [dot] edu