Jason Pinchback
Director
512-245-9148
jp30@txstate.edu

Jason Pinchback has more than fifteen years of professional natural resource management experience in Texas.  Humble roots as a volunteer for the Clean Clear Colorado organization in 1988 helped to cultivate an individual who understands the vital role that resource management plays in creating vibrant lives, communities, and economies.   

Jason is the Director of the River Systems Institute’s Texas Stream Team (formerly Texas Watch) program at Texas State University – San Marcos.  In addition to the Texas Stream Team program, he also leads the Cypress Creek watershed and Rio Grande Historical Data Analysis projects for the Institute.  Prior to his employment at Texas State University, Jason worked for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in the mid-1990s.

Jason received a Bachelors of Science and Masters in Applied Geography from Texas State University-San Marcos.   Recently he has been a board member of the Colorado River Watch Foundation’s Austin Youth River Watch; served as vice-chair for the Lake Austin Advisory Panel for the LCRA; served as a steering committee member for numerous Clean Rivers Partners; and has provided leadership on TMDL, citizen participatory input, and watershed protection projects around the state.

In his free time one might find Jason in the garden or on a quiet stretch of river on a canoe fishing or observing wildlife.  When not outdoors, he enjoys playing music as a percussionist and experimental musician with his self-created Supatomic Positron electronic instrumentation.

Terry Wendland
Administrative Coordinator
512-245-1346
tw05@txstate.edu

Terry Wendland has over 20 years of experience with administrative management and support in both the private sector and state government.  Terry has worked for Texas State University for 12 years, since 1995.  Terry has been with Texas Stream Team since 2000.

Dr. Julie Tuason
Environmental Education Coordinator
512-245-7470
jt07@txstate.edu

Julie Tuason has a Ph.D. in environmental geography from Rutgers University. She has taught on the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin and Southwest Texas State University. Since the mid-1980s, she has helped to design and implement K-12 educational outreach programs for the National Geographic Society and the National Council for Geographic Education. She has taught college level courses in conservation and environmental management and published articles on parks and protected areas, among a range of other topics. Julie has been with Texas Stream Team since 2005. In the environmental education arena, she is interested in differences in student learning styles and how to effectively move citizens from environmental awareness to active environmental stewardship.

Josh Oyer
Statewide Volunteer Coordinator
512-245-7591
jo27@txstate.edu

Josh Oyer began working at Texas Stream Team as an intern in the spring of 2008.  Upon graduation from the Texas State University Department of Geography, Josh was hired to work full-time on a Rio Grande bacterial data analysis project while assisting with leading volunteer water quality monitoring trainings.  In the summer of 2009, Josh was appointed as Statewide Volunteer Coordinator for Texas Stream Team.  From lifeguarding as a teenager to driving the big yellow tube taxi for the Lions Club on the San Marcos River as a college student, Josh has always loved working with or near water.  His main professional goal is to reach out to as many people as possible to communicate the ways in which every citizen can improve the water quality of the community they live in.

Robert Sams
Database Manager
Robert.Sams@txstate.edu

Robert has more than 20 years of experience with administrative support in the educational system working in Student Affairs at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has been with Texas Stream Team since the fall of 2008. While Robert’s area is database management, his interests include graphic design, traditional and social marketing, and an increased integration of web and new technologies into the Texas Stream Team’s outreach efforts and day-to-day program operations.