LAMPASAS - A public meeting of the Lampasas River Watershed Partnership (Partnership) will be held from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Lampasas County Farm Bureau Building at 1793 U.S. Hwy 281, Lampasas.
At the meeting, individuals will receive an update on the progress made on implementing the Watershed Protection Plan and discuss the development of a Partnership logo. Agency partners from the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research will also present an update on the status of the upcoming surface water quality monitoring program. There will be a discussion on volunteer water quality monitoring lead by the Texas Stream Team.
The Lampasas River was identified for watershed protection plan development due to concerns about elevated levels of bacteria, as reported in the 2002 Texas Water Quality Inventory, published by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The Lampasas River watershed includes parts of Mills, Hamilton, Lampasas, Coryell, Burnet, Bell, and Williamson counties.
The Lampasas River Watershed Partnership, facilitated by Texas A&M AgriLife Research – Blackland Research Center and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, consists of area residents and other stakeholders from across the watershed. The Partnership has worked diligently to develop a watershed protection plan to address water quality concerns within the watershed by evaluating water quality issues and making recommendations for voluntary pollutant load reductions and management measures.
More information about the Partnership and a digital copy of the Watershed Protection Plan can be found at http://lampasasriver.org.
Light refreshments will be served at the meeting.
For more information, contact Lisa Prcin at (254) 774-6008 or at lprcin [at] brc [dot] tamus [dot] edu.
The facilitation of the Lampasas River Watershed Partnership and development of the watershed protection plan is funded by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board through a Clean Water Act §319(h) grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.