The Middle Yegua Creek running through tree-lined banks. Residents learn how they can be part of a watershed and water quality improvement plan during the June 11 meeting in Giddings.
Residents in the Middle Yegua Creek watershed will learn how they can be part of a watershed improvement plan during the June 11 meeting in Giddings. (Amanda Tague/Texas Water Resources Institute)

The public is invited to join the Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Partnership and attend a project meeting on June 11.

The meeting is the partnership’s fifth and will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Lee County, 310 S. Grimes St., in Giddings.  

The meeting is a forum for public input, which will drive the development of a voluntary, stakeholder-driven watershed protection plan for Middle Yegua Creek. The plan will also outline strategies to improve local water quality.

The partnership was initiated when water samples collected in Middle Yegua Creek by the Brazos River Authority and the Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, confirmed the presence of bacteria concentrations that were above the applicable standard for primary contact recreational activities, said Luna Yang, TWRI specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Bryan-College Station.

Watershed improvement plan to be discussed

The meeting will include a review of the previous meeting’s business items and address fifth chapter revisions regarding pollutant load assessment based on stakeholder inputs. Another chapter of the plan will also be presented.

“At the meeting, we will discuss possible management measures that can be implemented in the Middle Yegua Creek watershed to reduce bacteria loads entering the creek and its tributaries,” Yang said.

Individuals interested in restoring the soundness of Middle Yegua Creek, which is a tributary in the Brazos River Basin, can become a member of the partnership by attending meetings and providing feedback, Yang said.

Funding for the watershed protection plan development is provided by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board through the State Nonpoint Source Grant Program.

TWRI is a unit of AgriLife Research that brings together expertise from across The Texas A&M University System.

For more information, contact Yang at [email protected]. Read more about the watershed at middleyegua.twri.tamu.edu.

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