COLLEGE STATION – The Plum Creek Watershed Protection Planning Team was presented with a Superior Service team award at the recent Texas AgriLife conference in College Station.
The award was for the team’s efforts in planning, developing and implementing the Plum Creek Watershed Protection Plan. The watershed, which runs through Hays, Caldwell and Travis counties, was deemed an “impaired water body” by the state.
Team members consisted of Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel, including AgriLife Extension agents from Bastrop and Hays counties andAgriLife Extension specialists from Texas A&M’s department of soil and crop sciences.
Project partners included the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board; Texas A&M’s biological and agricultural engineering department; Spatial Science Laboratory; and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority. According to the award citation, the 12-member team was “not only under tremendous external scrutiny, but also the pressure to complete a comprehensive plan within 24 months.”
The plan, which was finished on schedule, received overwhelming support from stakeholders and from state and federal agencies, the citation noted.
“We’re very proud to have received this award,” said Rachel Bauer, AgriLife Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources in Bastrop County. “Winning this means we were able to make landowners and the general public more aware of water quality issues specific to the Plum CreekWatershed.”
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