WHEELER - The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAER) invite residents in the Sweetwater Creek watershed to a public meeting to discuss the findings from the Recreational Use Attainability Analysis (RUAA) project conducted on Sweetwater Creek. The meeting will be held June 11, 2014 at the Wheeler County Ag and Family Life Center located at 7939 US Hwy 83 in Wheeler. Sign-in will begin at 5:45 p.m. and the meeting will start at 6:00 p.m.
Sweetwater Creek flows approximately 69 miles from the Oklahoma state line in Wheeler County to the upstream perennial portion of the stream northwest of Wheeler in Wheeler County. The creek is a tributary of the North Fork Red River. Sweetwater Creek is on the state’s list of impaired waters.
At this meeting, landowners and citizens will be updated on the findings from the RUAA and discuss the path forward. The draft report entitled Recreational Use Attainability Analysis for Buffalo Creek (0214B), Paradise Creek (0230A), and Sweetwater Creek (0299A) in the Red River Basin will open for a 30-day public comment period immediately following the meeting.
Leah Taylor, with TIAER said, "We need stakeholder input on the draft report to ensure we have adequately represented current and historical uses of Sweetwater Creek."
This project is funded by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board through a state nonpoint source grant to the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research.
For more information about the meeting, visit the project website at http://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/managementprogram/ruaasweetwateror contact Taylor at 254-968-0513 or ltaylor [at] tiaer [dot] tarleton [dot] edu.