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Buck Creek Water Quality Field Day scheduled June 24Texas Landowners and others interested in learning about water quality projects in the Buck Creek Watershed of the Red River Basin are invited to a field day set for June 24 in Wellington. The meeting will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The morning session is at the Wellington Auditorium, 802 10th St. and the afternoon presentations are at a private ranch. Texas AgriLife Research and Texas AgriLife Extension Service staff have been working with landowners to study the creek, located in the southeast corner of the Texas Panhandle, because of elevated levels of bacterial contamination, said Lucas Gregory, project manager for the Texas Water Resources Institute. The meeting will feature discussion on the final report of the project's first phase of data collection (from May 2004 to May 2007), titled Bacterial Monitoring for the Buck Creek Watershed, and an update on the current phase of the project, Watershed Protection Plan Development for Buck Creek. Participants will also hear from experts on the topics of nitrates and their impacts on water quality, wildlife and ranching, brush control, animal behavior, wildlife management techniques and alternative water sources, said Phyllis Dyer, AgriLife Research technician. During the project's first phase, the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and cooperating soil and water conservation districts worked with AgriLife Research and the Texas Water Resources Institute of Texas A&M AgriLife to collect and analyze water samples in Buck Creek to monitor water quality for bacteria levels. Gregory said scientists are currently working to identify specific sources of the bacteria in Buck Creek through bacterial source tracking and will work with landowners to evaluate potential management alternatives for restoring the water body. The project will culminate with the development of a watershed protection plan that lays out a plan to restore water quality in Buck Creek through a stakeholder-driven process. For more information, go to the project's website at http://twri.tamu.edu/buckcreek. Texas Department of Agriculture's pesticide license holders will receive three general continuing education units for attending the afternoon session. Lunch will be provided free of charge to register participants. Participants should register by June 16 with their county AgriLife Extension agent. For more information, contact Dyer at 940-552-9941 or e-mail her at PMDyer@ag.tamu.edu. 6/16/08 Date: 6/12/08
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