WatershedMouth of Arroyo ColoradoResacaTidal Segment of the Arroyo ColoradoJaime Flores, watershed coordinator, explains some activieis as part of the San Benito Phase III project.The Arroyo Colorado in HarlingenWatershed Coordinator Jaime Flores installing an Arroyo Colorado Watershed Boundary sign, AgriLife TodayInvasive giant reeds on unstable Arroyo Colorado banksPort of HarlingenBarge moving through the tidal segment of the Arroyo ColoradoBirdsGray Hawk, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyGolden Fronted Woodpecker, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyFemale Green Kingfisher, Donna McCownCrested Caracara, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyCommon Pauraque, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyChihuahuan Raven, Audubon SocietyNorthern Cardinal, Charles LorenzBuff Bellied Hummingbird, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyBrown Pelican, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyBrown Crested Flycatcher, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyBlack Phoebe, Donna McCownBlack Crested Titmouse, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyBewicks Wren At Hugh Ramsey Park, Nola DeffenbaughAltamira OrioleOlive Sparrow, Chuck LorenzBlack-bellied Whistling-Duck brood, Charles LorenzBlack-bellied Whistling-DuckLeast Grebe, Charles LorenzRoseate Spoonbills and assorted wading birds in Tio Cano Lake Bed, Jaime FloresGolden-fronted Woodpecker, Alicia CavazosRed Crowned Parrots, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyAltamira Oriole, Alicia CavazosOrange-crowned Warbler, Nola DeffenbaughMockingbird chicksMockingbird chicks in their nestLong Billed Thrasher, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyGreat Kiskadee, Charles LorenzGreen Kingfisher in dive, Jude BenavidesPlain Chachalaca at Ramsey Park, Charles LorenzYellow-crowned Night-Heron, Jaime FloresHooded Oriole, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyYellow-crowned Night-HeronHarris’s Hawk, Nola DeffenbaughGroove Billed Ani, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyGreen Jays, Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyEventsVictor Gutierrez, AgriLife Extension Associate, speaking at the 2020 Coastal Expo, a 2-day outreach program for kids across the RGV to demonstrate the importance of keeping water systems clean and ecosystems healthy.Victor Gutierrez, AgriLife Extension Associate, at the 2020 Coastal Expo, explaining the rainfall simulator and erosion and run-off.Rural scenes in Burleson and Washington counties on April 7, 2021. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)Beef Improvement Association’s Bull Gain Test and Heifer Development Program conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, held on Oct. 9, 2019, assists cattlemen in improving the quality of their livestock by collecting performance data.2012 TCEQ Environmental Excellence AwardsBrownie troop member installing storm drain markerPlanting trees around the San Benito Phase III wetland ponds.Tom McLemore, general manager, Harlingen Irrigation District, discusses the components and utility of the automated canal gate demonstration channel at the Rio Grande Center for Ag Water Efficiency.Rainfall simulators at the 2020 Coastal Expo.Jaime Flores, watershed coordinator, explains some the watershed model to students at a Kids, Kows and More event.Israel Salazar, a soil and water conservation district board member and a Willacy county producer, speakes during a Forage Field Day in 2018. a SWCD board member and a Willacy county producer.Jaime Flores explaining the watershed modelFormer Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agriculture and Natural Resource agents Dr. Enrique Perez and Brad Cowan examine a field of kale along the Rio GrandeA bio-retention basin was built at Ramsey Park and planted with native plants and trees.Los Fresnos High School students planting flowers, shrubs and trees at Falcon Pond Beautification Day.An exhibit at one of the many outreach events that the Partnership participates in.Los Fresnos students collecting water samples as part of the Texas Stream Team Training.Arroyo Colorado watershed model on display at the Coastal Expo, 2016Ag/FarmlandPolypipe IrrigationNutrient managementSugarcane sprouting after burnSorghum in the Rio Grande ValleyOnions in the Rio Grande ValleyPolypipe irrigationPolypipe irrigationCrop under cloth awningCotton harvestPlanted and tilled fieldCattle grazing along Arroyo Colorado leevesAg run-offCotton harvest, Juan EncisoCotton fieldConservation tillageTractor working a crop fieldAgriculture in Arroyo Colordo FloodplainGlobal positioning land leveling systemCottonCotton fieldNarrow border irrigationPolypipe used to irrigate cotton variety trials.Soil testing, AgriLife Today
