Archive for August 2006

Controlling Water-Thirsty Saltcedar

Biological methods using imported leaf beetles are a hot topic
By Danielle Supercinski
Along the Rio Grande and Pecos River in Texas, saltcedar control methods vary from chemical to mechanical control. Biological control using leaf beetles, Diorhabda elongata, is a hot topic throughout these regions and other areas throughout Texas and the United States.
Dr. Mark Muegge, [...]

August 7th, 2006 | Posted in RGBI
Faces of RGBI

Administrative assistant takes care of business
By Danielle Supercinski
Anyone who has called the Texas Water Resources Institute at some time or another has probably heard her voice answering on the other end of the line. Tamaron Stewart has worked for TWRI for the past 4 years. She has not only answered [...]

August 6th, 2006 | Posted in RGBI
Special Section

Highlighting Texas and New Mexico county program administrators
By Danielle Supercinski
Texas Cooperative Extension and New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service have a key role in the Rio Grande Basin Initiative (RGBI). Extension administrators, county agents and specialists all contribute to the overall efforts of RGBI by taking their educational materials and demonstrations to all citizens in the [...]

August 5th, 2006 | Posted in RGBI
Save the Dates

By Sara Alarcon & Danielle Supercinski
Plans for the 2007 New Mexico technical conference
“River Terrace & Flood Plain Hydrology,” a Rio Grande Basin Initiative technical conference, will be held at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces (formally Hilton) February 28, 2007 through March 1, 2007. Conference goals include: assessing the state [...]

August 4th, 2006 | Posted in RGBI