Inside
Volume 10, number 2, Fall 2015
2 I Tracy named institute director 3 I 250,000 words later
txH2O celebrates 10 years of publishing Texas water research and news
4 I Planning for the next BIG one Federal, local management plus early warnings keys for controlling inevitable flooding in Texas
10 I A decade of solving water quality mysteries Reflecting on the success of the Texas BST program
14 I Getting to know State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon Professor tirelessly serves as resource for Texas’ weather and climate 18 I Looking to the future Youth education programs promote Texas water conservation 21 I Does drought recovery equal quail recovery? Experts study weather, habitat and populations amidst quail decline, advise landowners on management
26 I Learning to protect, conserve natural resources Program offers management training and tools
29 I TWRI offers watershed monitoring, planning to stakeholders
txH 2O is published two times a year by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI),
which is part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. TWRI is funded in part by the U.S. Geological Survey and authorized by the Water Resources Research Act. To subscribe to txH2O or Conservation Matters, TWRI’s monthly e-mail newsletter, visit twri.tamu.edu.