Arroyo Colorado

Agriculture Workgroup

Members
Juan Anciso
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Steve Bearden
Texas Department of Agriculture
Paul Bergh
Coalition to Save the Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre Foundation, Coastal Conservation Association
Kenny Buford
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Pam Casebolt*
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Ni-Bin Chang
Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Richard Eyster
Texas Department of Agriculture
Guy Fipps
Texas A&M University
Kraig Gallimore
Texas Water Development Board
Andy Garza*
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Laura De La Garza
Texas Sea Grant
Javier Guerrero
Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Wayne Halbert
Southmost Soil and Water Conservation District #319
Thomas L. Harr
Earthwise Organics
Bill Harris
Texas A&M University
Arturo Ibarra
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kay Jenkins
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Ken Jones
Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
Earlene Lambeth
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Eric Leigh
Texas A&M University
Gene Lester
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Terry Lockamy
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Jaime Longoria
Hidalgo Soil and Water Conservation District
Osvaldo Longoria
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Don Medina
City of Pharr
B Eduardo Mendez
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Roger Miranda
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Alan Moore
Harlingen Irrigation District
Adrian Perez
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Ray Prewett
Texas Citrus Mutual
Matie Rios
Rio Grande Valley Sugar
Wes Rosenthal
Texas A&M Blackland Research and Extension Center
Randy Rush
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Barbara C. Storz
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Donald Thompson
Rio Pride
Blake Traudt
General Land Office
Cecilia Wagner
Texas A&M University
Kevin Wagner
TWRI
Dr. Bob Wiedenfeld
Texas AgriLife Research

* Workgroup leader

Meeting Summaries
Strategies for Water Quality Improvement
  • Provide technical assistance to individual landowners to help develop individual farm water quality management plans,
  • Help farmers pay for the practices through state and federal cost share assistance for their individual farm plans,
  • Provide educational programs to keep farmers current on proper management and production techniques and
  • Monitor and assess agriculture's contribution of pollutants and evaluate and demonstrate the benefits of BMP implementation and measure progress.
Additional Information Reports