The public is invited to attend a second watershed protection plan meeting for the Middle Yegua Creek Watershed Partnership on Feb. 13 in Giddings.

Middle Yegua Creek in January 2023. Residents can learn more about the watershed and how to get involved in a stakeholder-driven protection plan.
Residents can learn more about the Middle Yegua Creek watershed and how to get nvolved in a stakeholder-driven protection plan by the Texas Water Resources Institute during a meeting in Giddings on Feb. 13. (Texas Water Resources Institute photo by Cameron Castilaw)

The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Lee County, 310 S. Grimes St.

Interested stakeholders are invited to join the partnership to help develop a voluntary, stakeholder-driven watershed protection plan for Middle Yegua Creek, outlining strategies to help improve local water quality.

Meeting will discuss watershed characterization and water quality

The meeting will recap items discussed in the Jan. 9 kickoff meeting and discuss two chapters of the Middle Yegua Creek watershed protection plan — Watershed Characterization and Water Quality.

“The Watershed Characterization chapter provides information regarding the climate and landscape characteristics within the watershed boundary. The Water Quality chapter provides information on bacteria, dissolved oxygen and nutrient concentrations in Middle Yegua Creek based on the water samples collected in the past,” said Luna Yang, Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, research specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Bryan-College Station.

“Anyone with an interest in restoring the soundness of Middle Yegua Creek can be a member of the partnership by attending meetings and being involved in the watershed protection plan development process,” she said.

Middle Yegua Creek above Lake Somerville is a tributary in the Brazos River Basin.

“Water samples collected in Middle Yegua Creek by the Brazos River Authority and TWRI confirmed the presence of bacteria concentrations that were above the applicable standard for recreational activities that may involve water ingestion,” Yang said.

Funding for developing a watershed protection plan for Middle Yegua is provided by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, through the State Nonpoint Source Grant Program.

TWRI is part of AgriLife Research, AgriLife Extension and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University.

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

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