NewsDrop-Winter-2021

Photo: Roland Ruiz, EAA General Manager [pictured second from right] speaks to TWCA volunteers about the EAA.

Photo: Velma Danielson, Luana Buckner, Michael Beldon, and Roland Ruiz at the TWCA reception sponsored by the EAA.

This past Fall, the EAA participated in the Texas Water Conservation Association (TWCA) Fall Conference. The sponsorship afforded TWCA attendees the opportunity to journey to the EAA Field Research Park and assist with planning native grasses along the berms in place. The intent of the berms and swales is to slow water surface runoff, and increase water yield and quality -- one of the primary land management strategies currently being studied at the FRP.

The following day, Roland Ruiz, spoke at the panel discussion, moderated by EAA Board Chairman Luana Buckner, about the Edwards Aquifer Authority: Past, Present and Future with former EAA General Managers, Greg Ellis and Velma Danielson. The reception following the discussion was in recognition of the EAA’s 25th anniversary, and attended by a number of EAA board members, special guests, and TWCA conference attendees.

Photo: TWCA volunteers planting grasses along the berms.

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