DEKALB - The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research invite residents in the Mud Creek watershed to a public meeting to discuss a water quality project. The meeting will be held in the Council Room at the DeKalb City Hall located at 110 E Grizzly St in DeKalb. Sign-in will begin at 5:45 p.m. and the meeting will start at 6:00 p.m.
Mud Creek is within the Red River Basin in the City of DeKalb. Mud Creek extends from the confluence of the Red River to the upstream perennial portion of the stream northwest of DeKalb in Bowie County. Mud 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 Mud 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 Mud Creek watershed.
Nikki Jackson, with the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research, will give background information on Mud 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