Habitat Workgroup
- Members
- Laguna Atascosa
- National Wildlife Refuge
- Joe Avila
- City of San Benito
- Paul Bergh
- Coalition to Save the Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre Foundation, Coastal Conservation Association
- Donna and Walter Berry
- Master Naturalist
- Randy Blankinship
- Texas Parks And Wildlife Department
- Tom Brown
- Naismith Engineering
- Layne Budd
- citizen
- Dave Buzan
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Brunilda Fuentes Capozello
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Chris Caudle
- TCEQ Region 15
- Jim Chapman
- Sierra Club
- Mark Conway
- Rio Grande Valley Bird Observatory
- D.J. Davis
- TCEQ Region15
- Jesus Franco
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Andy Garza
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Harlingen Region
- Laura De La Garza
- Texas Sea Grant
- Olivia Gomez
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Lino Gonzalez
- City of Rio Hondo
- Javier Guerrero
- Texas A&M University, Kingsville
- Neil Haman
- Texas Water Development Board
- Beau Hardegree
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Jim Herrington
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Don Hockaday
- University of Texas, Pan American
- A.W. Hoehn
- citizen
- Kay Jenkins
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Gary A. Jones
- International Boundary and Water Commission
- Ken Jones
- Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
- Dr. Kim Jones*
- Texas A&M University, Kingsville
- Gene Lester
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Jeff Lyssy
- City of Harlingen Parks
- James Matz
- landowner
- Guy McRoberts
- landowner
- Eduardo Mendez
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- Key Miranda
- Harlingen Proud
- Roger Miranda
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Smiley Nava
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Butch Palmer Jr.
- Port of Harlingen Authority
- Sam Patten
- Texas Parks And Wildlife Department
- Chris Rakestraw
- Coalition to Save the Arroyo Colorado
- Joe Ramos
- City of Rio Hondo
- Tony Reisinger Jr.*
- Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service
- Ernesto Reyes
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Roy Rodriguez
- Rensselaerville Institute
- Steve Stauffer
- citizen
- Kevin Wagner
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- John Wallace
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Mike Weeks
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Lisa Williams
- Nature Conservancy
- Tom Wilson
- Harlingen Parks Director
* Workgroup leader
- Meeting Summaries
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- February 9, 2012
- October 20, 2011
- April 21, 2011
- February 10, 2011
- October 28, 2010
- July 22, 2010
- January 21, 2010
- October 22, 2009
- June 25, 2009
- January 26, 2009
- August 14, 2008
- April 24, 2008
- January 24, 2008
- July 24, 2007
- January 19, 2006
- December 8, 2005
- October 18, 2005
- August 4, 2005
- April 14, 2005
- December 2, 2004
- August 13, 2004
- February 16, 2004
- November 20, 2003
- Strategies for Water Quality Improvement
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- Support ongoing efforts of federal, state and local agencies and other organizations to implement terrestrial habitat conservation objectives in the Arroyo Colorado watershed through partnerships and funding
- Protect and restore existing riparian areas, resacas, and freshwater wetlands
- Work with drainage districts to modify drainage ditches and maintenance practices to reduce channel and stream bank erosion.
- Participate with IBWC during development of maintenance or new work projects for the Arroyo Colorado. Representatives of the ACW Partnership could serve in advisory capacities to assist in the development of pilot channel configurations with banks that are less steep and that can support vegetation such as riparian woodland plants or native prairie grasses.
- Develop partnerships with the IBWC, drainage districts, and private landowners to implement bank/slope stabilization projects in hot spots along the Arroyo Colorado or in drainages within the watershed.
- Implement projects that would detain stormwater runoff, reduce sediment load and reduce the volume and velocity of runoff in drainage ditches and the Arroyo Colorado.
- Support ongoing and increased use of vegetated filter strips around agricultural production and urban development areas to slow stormwater runoff from these areas.
- Implement stormwater wetland systems in urban developments, redevelopments and in areas under agricultural production to reduce nonpoint source pollutant loading to the Arroyo Colorado.
- Build constructed wetlands for tertiary treatment of waste streams from individual wastewater treatment plants and/or for polishing fl ows from multiple wastewater treatment plants in close proximity with habitat features when feasible.
- Construct large off-channel treatment wetlands that treat flows from multiple sources including wastewater treatment facilities and nonpoint source runoff from urban and agricultural areas.
- Additional Information Reports
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- Arroyo Colorado Habitat Restoration Plan - 2006
- Feasibility Study for Habitat Restoration/Modification to Improve Water Quality in the Arroyo Colorado - Strategies to Enhance Both Water Quality and Habitat: