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Conservation Partnerships: Trainings, Practices, and on the Ground Implementation Melissa Parker Texas Parks & Wildlife Department melissa.parker@tpwd.texas.gov Texas has over 191,000 miles of rivers & streams 95% of Texas is

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Conservation Partnerships: Trainings, Practices, and on the Ground Implementation

Melissa Parker

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

melissa.parker@tpwd.texas.gov

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Texas has over 191,000 miles of rivers & streams 95% of Texas is privately owned Partnerships essential to achieve conservation

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Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program

http://texasriparian.org and http://www.facebook.com/TexasRiparianAssociation

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Nikki Dictson

Texas Water Resources Institute

Funding provided by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board.

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Collaborators

 Texas Water Resources Institute  Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board  Texas Riparian Association  Texas A&M Forest Service  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department  USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service  Nueces River Authority  Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Ecosystem Science and

Management Department

 Texas Tech University Llano River Field Station  Tarrant Regional Water District  Upper Trinity Regional Water District  Baylor University  Texas State University, Meadows Center  Many other local partners and sponsors!

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Education

 Deliver 24 riparian education programs in

prioritized watersheds:

 Watersheds with watershed planning  Impaired water quality

 Coordinate 2 statewide riparian conferences:

 SW Stream Restoration Conference in San Antonio

June 1-3, 2016

 Urban Riparian Symposium in February 15-17, 2017

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Marketing

 News Releases through

AgriLife Today

 Listserv -

TEXASRIPARIAN@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU

 Website - http://texasriparian.org  Facebook -

http://www.facebook.com/TexasRipari anAssociation

 Online Registration –

http://naturalresourcestraining.tamu.edu/ schedule/

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Online Modules, Videos, and Resources

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Continuing Education Units

 TX Department of Ag. Pesticide Applicators Lic.- 3 CEUs  TX Water Res. Institute – 1 hour  TX Nutrient Mgmt. Planning Specialists – up to 6 hrs.  TX Forestry Assoc. – up to 6 hrs  Soc. of American Foresters – up to 5.5 hrs.  TX Floodplain Mgmt. Association – 7 CECs  Certified Crop Advisor- 7 CEUs (Nutrient Mgmt: 1, Soil & Water: 1.5,

IPM: 1.5, Crop Mgmt: 2.5, Manure Mgmt: 0.5)

 TX Board of Professional Land Surveying – 7 hours  TX Board of Architectural Examiners “Acceptable for HSW”  May be used for CEUs for Professional Engineers  Some local Master Naturalist and Master Gardener Chapters accept

this training towards needed hours.

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Program Evaluation & Participation

 Pre/post-test to evaluate knowledge gained

during the program.

 14% increase between pre and post-test

scores and knowledge gained overall (scores 78, 91)

 1634 attendees with over 695,000 acres

  • wned or managed.
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% Plan to Adopt % Undecided % Will not Adopt

Riparian Herbaceous Buffers

83% 16% 1%

Riparian Forest Buffers

78% 19% 3%

Prescribed Grazing

70% 21% 9%

Rotational Grazing

74% 18% 8%

Manage Feral Hogs

80% 16% 4%

Rangeland Planting of Vegetative Cover

74% 22% 4%

Manage to Reduce Bare Ground

92% 7% 1%

Monitor Stream Sites through Photos

70% 24% 6%

Percent of Participants that plan to adopt each of the Conservation Practices

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Post Workshop Evaluations

 78% of respondents stated that they had

adopted the BMPs discussed

 30% estimated they have benefited over

$1,000-$10,000+

 30% estimated between $100-$500 of

economic benefits

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Distribution map courtesy of Dr. Timothy Bonner, Texas State University

Guadalupe Bass Restoration Initiative

Map courtesy Tim Bonner, Texas State University

  • Public-private

partnership

  • Leverages Sportfish

Restoration Funds with private and other funds

  • Deliver conservation

actions that benefit Hill Country Rivers

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Guadalupe Bass Restoration Initiative

Blanco River Llano River Watershed

Goals:

  • Provide technical guidance
  • Implement on the ground

restoration projects:

  • Riparian areas
  • Water quality & quantity
  • Watershed connectivity
  • Sediment balance
  • Instream habitat
  • Invasive species
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Blanco Watershed – Post Flood

Encourage voluntary collaboration and partnerships to reduce stressors affecting

  • verall health of the

Blanco River watershed

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Blanco River Watershed Restoration

  • Historic flood in May 2015 brought intense public

interest in riparian restoration

  • River crested at more than 40 feet above its banks
  • Estimated 12,000 riparian trees uprooted
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Blanco River Watershed Restoration

Seven riparian restoration workshops in the watershed with approximately 450 participants

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Blanco River Watershed Restoration

  • 15,000 riparian sedges and grasses distributed to

stabilize flood damaged river banks

  • Technical guidance site visits for riparian BMP’s

provided to over 50 landowners

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River Mountain Ranch Community Park

September 2016 April 2016

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Riparian Enhancement

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Blanco River Restoration Design Guidelines

  • Developed in partnership with Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  • Encourage land mgmt. practices that accommodate recreational

uses while also providing ecological functions

http://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/nonpwdpubs/media/blanco_river_design_guidelines_ 2016.pdf

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Conservation Demonstration Sites

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Blanco River Watershed Restoration

Effort to manage Arundo donax. The plant was widely dispersed by the flood events and is rapidly colonizing new areas

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 67 landowners in 2015  8 acres treated

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Llano River Watershed Restoration

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Llano River Watershed Restoration

Technical Guidance Restoration Projects

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Llano River Watershed Restoration

Fire in 2011 brought about renewed interest in restoration and implementation of Best Management Practices

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Llano River Watershed Restoration

Workshops and Technical Guidance

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Restoration Measures:

  • Trencheras
  • Seeded Straw Mats

Llano River Watershed Restoration

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Llano River Watershed Restoration

  • Plantings
  • Exclosures
  • Reseeding
  • Invasive Species

Fall 2011 Summer 2013

Vegetation Restoration

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Llano River Watershed Restoration

Conservation Projects and Demonstration Areas

Texas Tech University Llano River Field Station South Llano River State Park

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Llano River Watershed Restoration

Upland Restoration

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  • Plantings for diversity and recruitment
  • Reseeding
  • Fencing
  • Alternative Water
  • Invasive Species – riparian and upland

Llano River Watershed Restoration

Riparian and Spring Restoration

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Llano River Watershed Restoration Project Successes

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Melissa Parker Texas Parks & Wildlife Department 512/754-6844, x235 melissa.parker@tpwd.texas.gov