Developing a Plan for Restoration through Assessment, Awareness, and Involvement
Objectives
- Establish a research baseline for the Watershed for water quality and quantity monitoring.
- Educate rural and urban stakeholders on issues relating to water quality and quantity issues in the Pecos River Basin.
- Develop a Watershed Protection Plan for Pecos River segments 2312, 2311 and 2310.
Components
- Basin Assessment: Texas AgriLife Research researchers will develop a baseline assessment on the Pecos River Basin with regards to stream channel morphology, riparian vegetation, land use, salinity mapping, water inflows and outflows, aquatic habitats, historical perspectives and economic modeling.
- Educational Programming: Texas AgriLife Extension Service will work with various state and local agencies to assemble a series of publications and organize and conduct a series of educational meetings targeted at landowners, stakeholders and policymakers in the Pecos River Basin.
- Monitoring Programs: Through data collection and analysis as well as water use studies, personnel will estimate the effect of salt concentration and fate of water salvaged through saltcedar control in the Pecos River Watershed.
