The Watershed Association

Talk on the Texas Coastal Exchange, a new carbon offset program for the Gulf Coast.
2019-05-05 14:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | The King Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Blvd, Houston, Texas
Presented by Jim Blackburn
There will be a talk on Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m. in Houston, and online, about how you, and/or your house of worship, can participate in the Texas Coastal Exchange, a new carbon offset program for the Gulf Coast. You may participate by purchasing offsets, or selling them, if you have land you can manage for carbon storage. Check them out at: https://www.texascoastalexchange.org/. Lisa Brenskelle.

It's Not a Done Deal Fest
2019-04-24 16:00 - 20:00 | Real Ale Brewing, 231 San Saba Ct., Blanco, Texas
We want to get this pipeline moved out of the Texas Hill Country. It’s NOT a Done Deal, but we can’t fight Kinder Morgan without your help.
Rub elbows with your neighbors, enjoy live music, learn what you can do to help protect our Hill Country communities. Tap room will be open and food available.
Bring your friends and neighbors!
Live Music By Cameran Nelson, Zydeco Blanco, Avalee featuring Stacia Woods & Colin Clark
Learn Your Rights
Find out how to take action
Speakers from across our 4 county region
(We still need a few more volunteers. Please email us if you’d like to help: https://BlancoSTP.com/volunteer )

Earth Day Austin
2019-04-13 12:00 - 18:00 | Huston-Tillotson University, 900 Chicon St., Austin, Texas, 78702
Earth Day ATX is a zero waste event, which means we will have many opportunities to lower your carbon footprint, conserve, recycle and upcycle. Stay tuned to find out more important details about the event.

Annual Lende Lecture Series at Cibolo Creek Featuring Andy Samson
2019-04-13 02:00 - 17:00 | Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium
A community lecture on critical water issues in Texas.
Cibolo Nature Center & Farm and the Cibolo Preserve invite you to learn about water conservation in the delicate Cibolo Creek and beyond.
This second installment in the Lende Lecture Series will address critcal water issues and provide valuable insight on local water conservation and efficiency practices.
RSVP by April 10th

Cypress Creek Nature Trail Stakeholders Meeting
2019-04-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Wimberley Community Center, 14068 Ranch Road 12, Wimberley, TX, 78676, United States
There will be a second meeting for Cypress Creek Nature Trail (CCNT) stakeholders. The meeting will be facilitated by a third-party specialist and is designed to take stakeholders through an assessment of the status of the CCNT and Preserve.

Plant Diversity and a Healthy Native Landscape
2019-04-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Wimberley Village Library, 400 FM 2325, Wimberley, 78676, United States
Michele Bertelsen, an ecologist from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, will be speaking about plant diversity and the ecological functions needed to sustain a healthy native landscape using work done at our own Blue Hole Park as an example.

Spicewood Ranch Spring Native Plant ID Workshop
2019-04-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Spicewood Ranch
Friends,
We are excited to announce the first of two ESC Spicewood Ranch Spring Native Plant ID Workshops for Spring 2019!
Instructor– Bill Carr, Acme Botanical Services
Location– Spicewood Ranch
Time: 9 am to 1 pm, Sunday, April 14, 2019
Registration Details: Registration required. $25 to be paid in person at the workshop (cash, check, credit cards OK). Workshop limited to 15 participants.

Register Now

Spicewood Ranch is a 1,200 acre ranch about 1 hour west of Austin where Environmental Survey Consulting has been doing habitat restoration and research for almost 30 years.
The workshop will be conducted by Bill Carr, a plant expert with 35 years of field experience in Texas.

Those who wish to stay and visit a bit longer can join us at 1 pm for an informal lunch at Del Nanno (the “grandpa house”). Please bring your own lunch, snacks, and water.

Jacobs Well Garden Party
2019-03-31 18:00 - 19:30 | Jacobs Well Community Garden
please bring a pot luck dish to share, and cold drinks as well.

Blanco County Town Hall - Permian Highway Pipeline
2019-03-28 17:30 - 19:30 | Old Blanco County Courthouse, 300 Main St., Blanco, TX, 78606, United States

Texas Water Syposium: Water and the 2019 Legislative Session: The Outlook for Hill Country Water Resources
2019-03-28 08:00 - 17:00 | TX
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Join state representatives from the Hill Country as they engage in a conversation and public question and answer session to discuss bills that address flooding, treated effluent discharges, water well protection, growth, and support of sound science oriented natural resource policy.
The program, titled Water and the 2019 Legislative Session: The Outlook for Hill Country Water Resources, will be held at 7pm on Thursday, March 28 at the Texas Capitol Extension room E1.014 in Austin, Texas.
Moderator: Vanessa Puig-Williams – Puig-Williams Law PLLC, and Executive Director, TESPA
Panel members will include:

Representative Kyle Biedermann – District 73; Comal, Kendall, & Gillespie Counties
Representative Vikki Goodwin – District 47; Western Travis County
Representative Andrew Murr – District 53; Western Hill Country Counties
Representative Erin Zwiener – District 45; Hays and Blanco Counties

Very inexpensive parking right next door at the Capitol parking garage.
Please distribute this flyer to your contacts!
For over 10 years the Texas Water Symposium has broadcast radio programming about our most precious resource.

Stop the Permian Highway Pipeline
2019-03-27 16:00 - 20:00 | Vista Brewery, 13551 FM 150, Driftwood, Texas
A FREE Gathering of Central Texas people concerned about the proposed Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline. We will have experts speaking, yard signs and stickers, a raffle and other ways to engage.
Vista brewery is a quintessentially beautiful Hill Country venue. There will be craft beer, cider, wine and farm-to-table dinner from the restaurant available for sale. Live music by Big Cedar Fever!
This project sets a very dangerous precedent for our region as it threatens landowner rights, our tourism economy, our water, endangered species and much more.
This is an opportunity for landowners and residents to learn more about the science behind our unique ecoregion and why this route poses enormous threats to our livelihood.
People standing together for what they believe in are more powerful than any corporation. Let’s come together and learn what we can do to take the stewardship of our homeland into our own hands.
This event is a fundraiser for the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association‘s Defense Fund.
Support the Online Resistance: savethehillcountry.org

Social Justice Forum: Stop the Permian Highway Pipeline!
2019-03-03 09:30 - 23:00 | San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship .
Our San Marcos-based group focuses on educational awareness of the pipeline, the route, the implications, the companies track record, & what we can do about it as citizens.
Free coffee, professional childcare & parking!
Optional service at 11AM, following the forum.
https://www.facebook.com/events/489959418200339/

Great Texas River Clean Up
2019-03-02 08:30 - 13:00 | TX
The 2019 Great Texas River Clean Up is Saturday, March 2nd! Registration will begin at 8:30 am at your clean up location’s headquarters and the clean up will begin at 9 am. Lunch and a free T-shirt will be provided.
A map of the clean up locations can be found here: https://goo.gl/bFnq5S
T-shirts are avaiable on a first come, first serve basis. If you want your size, make sure to show up early! Please carpool if you can and if you would like to, bring a filled waterbottle.
If you are volunteering in the Cottonwood Creek area, please wear waders or shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting wet.
If you are signing up as an organization, please sign up with your organization name, an appropriate email address, and number of people expected to attend.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0c48aba72fa5fc1-great

Wimberley Market Days
2019-03-02 07:00 - 16:00 | Wimberley Lion’s Club, 601 FM 2325, Wimberley, TX, 78676, United States
Wimberley hosts the oldest outdoor market in the Texas Hill Country and the second-largest in the state. The Lion’s Club Market Days feature over 475 booths of everything you can’t live without. Come stroll our tree-shaded paths, listen to live music and shop to your heart’s content. Market Days are open the 1st Saturday of the month March-December from 7:00-4:00 p.m. (except during the 3 summer months when we close early at 3:00 p.m.).
Admission is free to our market so come out and enjoy! Market Days feature 3 large parking lots, monthly themes and entertainment, tasty concessions, a great variety of vendors and clean, handicap-accessible restrooms. Pets are allowed if on a leash.

PHP Fundraiser @ the Shady Llama
2019-02-28 16:00 - 20:00 | The Shady Llama, 18325 RR12, Wimberley, Texas, 78676, United States
This is a free and fun event for everyone affected by the Pipeline to network, learn more and fundraise for WVWA’s Legal Defense Fund as they prepare to fight Kinder Morgan.
The pipeline is slated to be constructed 1400 feet from the Shady Llama! You can see the route clearly from their beautiful venue.
Shady Llama has graciously offered to contribute $2 of every drink sold to the cause! They serve local Texas beers and wines. There will be live music, (bands to be announced very soon), as well as food trucks serving food.
We will have yard signs to hand out.
WVWA Executive Director David Baker and other informed experts will speak.
PLEASE CARPOOL – We expect a good turn out and we want to get the most out of the available parking.
This event is RAIN OR SHINE!

2019 Urban Riparian Symposium - Building Community Connections for Healthy Urban Streams
2019-02-27 08:00 - 2019-03-01 17:00 | Grapevine Convention Center
Grapevine Convention Center Grapevine, Texas
February 27 – March 1, 2019
Early Conference Registration is Open! Register Online
Register Online for the afternoon Pre-Conference Workshops on 2/27/19.
Please register for the workshops online. Registration is limited, so reserve your spot early.
1. Green Infrastructure/ Low Impact Development Workshop,
Instructor: Dr. Fouad Jaber
2. Riparian Bullseye Assessment Training,(***Course is Full)
Instructors: Michael Jones and Stacey Haddad.
Pre-conference workshops are on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Both workshops are free to attend and will be held from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.
** The Riparian Bullseye workshop is now full and registration has closed. If you are interested in being put on a waiting list in case space becomes available — please email clare.entwistle@ag.tamu.edu. There are still seats for the GI/LID workshop. Workshops will be held concurrently at different locations, so please make sure to look at the address for each workshop.**

Austin Cave Festival
2019-02-23 08:00 - 17:00 | TX
Austin Cave Festival
Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 10am-3pm
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
FREE admission! Event will be held rain or shine!
In addition to caving, there will be lots of indoor and outdoor activities. Visit the website for more information!
Cave Adventure Tours (10:15am–2:30pm)
Please come prepared if you plan to participate in a cave tour. Wear proper closed-toed shoes and clothing you don’t mind crawling in and getting muddy. We also suggest you bring a water bottle and clean change of clothes for afterwards. Caving gear will be provided.
Follow green arrows and signs to the caves. Cave tours require registration. No pre-registration this year, cave tours are first come, first served. All registration and completion of the required waivers takes place on the Play Lawn at the tents.
All registered cave tour participants must check-in at the cave tour check-in tent, located on the Play Lawn (Family Garden), 15 minutes prior to their tour time. All participants must complete a waiver, also located on the Play Lawn.
Experts from City of Austin Watershed Protection and Wildlands are leading the tours of La Crosse Cave and Wildflower Cave. Children must be accompanied by an adult and there are age restrictions for the caves. Tours are about 30 minutes each.
La Crosse Cave (for ages 4+) has a staircase that provides access to the cave. Most of the cave can be walked through. Some stooping is required, but crawling is minimal. There are parts of the cave that may also be explored by crawling.
Wildflower Cave (for ages 4+) requires participants to crawl on hands and knees. This cave has a low ceiling; participants will mainly be sitting or crawling.
Sinkhole Hikes (10:30am, 11:30am, 1pm, and 2pm)
Approximately 1-mile guided hikes focused on hydrogeology and land management for recharge. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled hike time and bring your sturdy shoes and raincoat. Registration and meeting spot will be in the Courtyard. Tours are about 45 minutes each.
A Salamander’s Tail Puppet Show (11am, 12pm, 1pm)
Hey Lolly Puppet Theater is presenting a musical puppet show in the Library about the unique salamanders that call our aquifers home. Shows are about 30 minutes each.
3D Aquifer Expedition (11am, 1pm, 2pm)
A 3D photo real expedition to the Edwards Aquifer, using VR goggles to see Seco Sinkhole. 3D expeditions are about 30 minutes each and will be located in the Classrooms downstairs.
Event Stickers
Guests can receive augmented reality stickers from a variety of activities during the event. These dishwasher-friendly stickers, when used with the Explore AR Science app, have a salamander or bat that comes out of them. So, stick your favorite critter on your water bottle or lunch box for endless AR fun! Visit the website for links to download the app or follow these instructions:
iPhone App Store link or search for “Explore AR Science”
Android Google Play Store link or search for “SAExploreAR”
Install and launch application, aim camera at the Austin Cave Festival stickers!
Hands-On Activities (10am-3pm)
A variety of indoor and outdoor activities will be highlighting water, geology, and other cave-oriented organizations. Come-and-go style activities located in the Great Hall, Little House, and Family Garden throughout the festival.
Cave Fest Talks (After the Festival)
Join us for cave talks after the festival at the Alamo Drafthouse located on Slaughter Lane. Nerd Nite Austin and the Austin Cave Festival are teaming up for some talks about the city’s underground world – from springs, to stygobionts, to salamanders, to sweet but smelly cavers.
This extension event is currently at capacity, so if you can’t attend please help others out by removing your name from the list. We anticipate letting people in from the waitlist at the door to fill any unclaimed seats. Visit https://goo.gl/1YpzMs to get on that waitlist! Directions: https://her.is/2V2YvSN
Doors for the theater open at 3:00pm, show begins at 3:30pm.
Food and drink available for purchase from Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter

Coffee & Conversation
2019-02-22 08:00 - 14:00 | Mochas & Javas, San Marcos, TX, 78666, United States
On Friday, February 22, the Hays County Soil and Water Conservation District will host their third Coffee and Conservations event.
The event, which started in 2018, has been held at Mazama Coffee in Dripping Springs back in August 2018 and Wimberley’s Sip!OnTheSquare in December previously. February’s date will be held at Mochas and Javas in San Marcos.
The event encourages members, who have questions about backyard gardening, yards, trees, farming, ranching and wildlife to stop by and talk with officials from Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife, the San Marcos River Foundation, City of Austin’s Wildland Conservation Division, the Meadows Center and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Attendees are invited to come and go as they like. The event is open to anyone interested in conservation and land management.
