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TWS Schedule Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board Texas Watershed Steward Program Texas AgriLife Extension Service Tentative Schedule Revised 1/14/2012 Watershed Type FY Q Date City County Contact Name Affiliation Attended Plum Creek 1 WPP 2008 2 12/04/2007 Kyle Hays Nikki Dictson AgriLife Extension 42 Buck Creek WPP 2008 2 01/24/2008 Wellington Collingsworth Lucas Gregory TWRI 37 Gilleland Creek TMDL 2008 3 03/25/2008 Pflugerville Travis Alicia Reinmund LCRA 86 Brady Creek WPP 2008 3 04/02/2008 Brady McCulloch Fred Teagarden/Chuck Brown UCRA 41 Bastrop Bayou WPP 2008 3 05/30/2008 Lake Jackson Brazoria Carl Masterson/Om Chawla HGAC 30 Granger, Lake WPP 2008 4 06/10/2008 Georgetown Williamson Jay Bragg BRA 38 Hickory Creek WPP 2008 4 07/23/2008 Denton Denton Ken Banks City of Denton 115 Plum Creek 2 WPP 2008 4 08/06/2008 Lockhart Caldwell Nikki Dictson AgriLife Extension 85 Lampasas River WPP 2009 1 09/25/2008 Lampasas Lampasas Steve Potter AgriLife Research - Blackland 59 Leon River WPP/TMDL 2009 1 10/30/2008 Comanche Comanche Jay Bragg BRA 59 Arroyo Colorado WPP 2009 1 11/20/2008 Monte Alto Hidalgo Cecilia Wagner TWRI 56 San Bernard River WPP 2009 2 01/21/2009 West Columbia Brazoria Aubin Phillips HGAC 34 Little Brazos River Tributaries Other 2009 3 03/03/2009 Franklin Robertson Loren Henley/Jay Bragg TSSWCB/BRA 29 Granbury, Lake WPP 2009 4 06/30/2009 Granbury Hood Tiffany Morgan BRA 41 Eagle Mountain Reservoir WPP 2009 4 07/15/2009 Fort Worth Parker/Tarrant Clint Wolfe AgriLife Research - Dallas 71 Cedar Creek Reservoir 1 WPP 2009 4 08/25/2009 Kaufman Kaufman Clint Wolfe AgriLife Research - Dallas 60 Cypress Creek WPP 2010 1 10/22/2009 Wimberley Hays Jason Pinchback RSI@TSU 49 Geronimo Creek WPP 2010 1 11/10/2009 Seguin Guadalupe Debbie Magin/Nikki Dictson GBRA/AgriLife Extension 70 Caddo Lake + Lake O' the Pines + Big Cypress Creek WPP/TMDL 2010 2 12/03/2009 Jefferson Marion Lee Thomas/Mitch Conine NETMWD/TSSWCB 48 Cibolo Creek, Upper WPP 2010 3 03/25/2010 Boerne Kendall Ryan Bass City of Boerne 48 South Llano River Other 2010 3 04/29/2010 Junction Kimble Tyson Broad South Llano Watershed Alliance 24 Cedar Creek Reservoir 2 WPP 2010 3 05/12/2010 Seven Points Henderson David Waidler AgriLife Research - Dallas 34 Guadalupe River above Canyon Lake TMDL 2010 4 08/26/2010 Kerrville Kerr Tara Bushnoe UGRA 89 Attoyac Bayou WPP 2011 1 09/09/2010 Nacogdoches Nacogdoches Lucas Gregory TWRI 39 Sabinal River TMDL 2011 1 09/21/2010 Uvalde Uvalde Sky Lewey NRA 31 Middle Trinity River Other 2011 1 10/21/2010 Athens Anderson Jody Carton Trinity Basin Conservation Foundation 43 Cibolo Creek, Lower Other 2011 2 01/27/2011 Panna Maria Karnes Karen L. Opiela SARA 55 Carters/Burton Creek TMDL 2011 3 03/29/2011 College Station Brazos Lucas Gregory TWRI 31 Nueces River, Lower WPP 2011 3 05/12/2011 Corpus Christi Nueces Rocky Freund NRA 43 Pecos River 1 WPP 2011 4 06/28/2011 Pecos Reeves Gary Bryant TWRI 25 Pecos River 2 WPP 2011 4 06/29/2011 Iraan Pecos Gary Bryant TWRI 32 Urban Watersheds in City of Temple Other 2011 4 07/14/2011 Temple Bell Duane Herrera City of Temple 45 Cedar Bayou WPP 2011 4 8/30/2011 Baytown Harris Justin Bower HGAC 90 Leona River Other 2012 1 09/28/2011 Uvalde Uvalde Nikki Jackson TIAER 26 Adams/Cow Bayous TMDL 2012 1 10/24/2011 Orange Orange Miles Hall SRA 30 Urban Watersheds in City of Dallas 1 Other 2012 1 11/9/2011 Dallas Dallas Fred Burrell Dallas County Extension 87 Urban Watersheds in City of Dallas 2 Other 2012 1 11/10/2011 Lancaster Dallas Fred Burrell Dallas County Extension 50 Highland Bayou WPP 2012 2 02/22/2012 Texas City Galveston Steven Mikulencak Texas Sea Grant Concho River WPP 2012 3 03/23/2012 San Angelo Tom Green Christy Youker UCRA San Antonio Bay Other 2012 2 April 2012 Victoria Victoria James Dodson San Antonio Bay Partnership Paso del Norte WPP 2012 2 May 2012 El Paso El Paso Brian Hanson New Mexico Dept. Agriculture Colorado River Other 2012 4 June 2012 Bastrop Bastrop Steve Box Envirnomental Stewardship, Inc. Leon River 2 WPP 3 Summer 2012 Hamilton Hamilton Pamela Casebolt TSSWCB Urban Watersheds in City of San Antonio TMDL 4 Summer 2012 San Antonio Bexar Brian Mast SARA San Antonio River, Lower TMDL 4 Goliad Goliad Steve Lusk SARA Double Bayou WPP 2013 1 September 2012 Anahuac Chambers Lisa Gonzalez HARC Armand Bayou WPP Pasadena @ Armand Bayou Nature Center Harris Linda Shead Shead Conservation Solutions Atascosa River Other Pleasanton Atascosa Dania Grundmann TCEQ Chocolate Bayou Other Alvin Brazoria Steven Johnston GBEP Colorado River Watch Network Other Lisa Benton LCRA Copano Bay & Mission & Aransas Rivers TMDL Refugio Refugio Natalie Bell TCEQ Dickinson Bayou WPP/TMDL Dickinson Galveston Marc Reid Texas Sea Grant Lampasas River 2 WPP Lampasas Lampasas Lisa Prcin AgriLife Research - Blackland Onion Creek/Barton Springs WPP Dripping Springs Hays Craig Smith BSEACD Oso Creek/Bay TMDL Corpus Christi Nueces Rocky Freund NRA Richland-Chambers Reservoir WPP Corsicana Navarro Clint Wolfe AgriLife Research - Dallas San Marcos River, Upper WPP San Marcos Hays Emily Warren RSI@TSU Completed TWS Training Confirmed Watershed, Date Scheduled Obligated Watershed, Date Not Yet Scheduled Suggested Watershed http://tws.tamu.edu Printed on 1/26/2012.
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