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WELCOME TO TEXAS STREAM TEAM,
"Caring For Our Waters"
Texas Stream Team is a network of trained volunteers and supportive partners working together
to gather information about the natural resources of Texas and to ensure the information is available to all Texans. Established in 1991, Texas Stream Team is administered through
a cooperative partnership between Texas State University, the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Currently, over 1,400 Texas Stream Team volunteers collect water quality data on lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, bays, bayous, and estuaries in Texas.
LOCATION
Texas Stream Team is currently housed in The Landing Building at Aquarena Center, located on beautiful Spring Lake in San Marcos, Texas. Our program is affiliated with River Systems Institute - Texas State University-San Marcos.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Current Newsletter: A PDF copy of the current Headwaters Newsletter is available for download here. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive future copies, please fill out the request form here.
Have any expired reagents? Needing any other equipment? Please fill out an online form to receive equipment by mail. You can fill out a form here.
Check out the Volunteer Spotlight Page: Updated monthly, the Volunteer Spotlight page is a way to see some of the most active Texas Stream Team volunteers and read about the various other activites they are involved in around the state - Click here
Texas Stream Team Photos Available On Line: Photos from Texas Stream Team trainings and other events are now available to view online. Look at photos from past events - Click here
Texas Stream Team photos (before February 2008) Click here>
Texas Stream Team photos (after February 2008) Click here>
Aquarena Center Wetlands Walk Podcast: Texas Parks and Wildlife, in conjunction with Texas State University-San Marcos and Texas Stream Team, developed two podcasts for you: the Aquarena Center Wetlands Walk and a more general Texas Wetlands Walk. There is also an introduction and link to the podcasts by Cecilia Nasti of Texas Parks and Wildlife's Passport to Texas Radio Series. It is possible to read, play or download the podcast (see bottom of linked page).
CURRENT EVENTS
9/13/2010 Texas Stream Team Training in Boerne: Texas Stream Team will be conducting a water quality monitoring certification training at the Cibolo Nature Center on Monday, September 13 from 9:30 am - 5:30 pm. This training is in collaboration with the Upper Cibolo Creek Watershed Protection Plan and will include members of the Medina River Protection Fund.
9/18/2010 Texas Stream Team Training in Texarkana: Delores McCright of Texarkana College will be hosting a water quality monitoring certification training at Texarkana College Campus on Saturday, September 18 from 9 am - 3 pm. For more information, please contact Delores McCright at 903-832-5565 or e-mail her Delores.Mccright@texarkanacollege.edu
9/18/2010 National Public Lands Day: Texas Stream Team will be providing Nonpoint Source Pollution Education at the U.S. Army Core of Engineers Public Lands Day at Canyon Lake on Saturday, September 18 from 2 - 4 pm.
9/25/2010 Lockhart Townbranch Cleanup: Texas Stream Team will be participating in the Environmental Fair at the City of Lockhart's Townbranch Cleanup on Saturday, September 25 from 11 am - 1 pm. For more information, please contact Debbie Magin with the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority (830-379-9718).
10/2/2010 Texas Stream Team Training in San Marcos: Texas Stream Team will be hosting a water quality monitoring certification training at the Landing in the Aquarena Center on Saturday, October 2 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. THIS TRAINING IS FULL. To sign-up for future training announcements, e-mail Josh Oyer at oyer@txstate.edu or call 512-245-7591.
10/16/2010 Texas Stream Team Training in Mercedes: Texas Stream Team will be hosting a water quality monitoring certification training at Estero Llano Grande State Park on Saturday, October 16 from 9:30 am - 5:30 pm. For more information, contact Josh Oyer at oyer@txstate.edu or call 512-245-7591.
10/22,23,24/2010 Texas Master Naturalist Annual Statewide Meeting: Texas Stream Team will be conducting multiple workshops at this year's Texas Master Naturalist Annual Statewide Meeting at T Bar M Ranch in New Braunfels from October 22 - 24. For more information about Texas Master Naturalists please visit txmn.org and for information about registering for the 11th Annual Meeting visit here.
11/6/2010 Texas Stream Team Training in Orange: Texas Stream Team will be conducting a water quality monitoring certification training at Shangri La Gardens in Orange on November 6. For more information, please contact Josh Oyer at oyer@txstate.edu or call 512-245-7591.
40 years old! The U.S. EPA was founded on December 2nd, 1970. From that time, America's environmental history has stood witness to both dramatic events and remarkable progress. In 1969, just before the agency was established, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio became so polluted that it caught fire – a situation that provided impetus for Congress to pass the federal Clean Water Act. By 2009, concern about climate change and sea-level rise led EPA to make the first official finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health and our environment. View their interactive timeline and explore more than 40 years of environmental milestones.
