Texas Community Watershed Partners Tag Archives: stormwater wetlands
Earth Day at Exploration Green
The Texas Coastal Watershed Program will host visitors and volunteers at the wetland plant nursery from 9am to 12pm, as part of the Exploration Green Earth Day. Have some muddy fun for a good cause! Join TCWP staff as we demonstrate how to propagate plants in the wetland plant nursery, then it’s your turn to get new plants potted up. When you are ready to take a break, try our wetland scavenger hunt and see the range of plants and aquatic animals that call the nursery home. See… Read More →
Pearland Wetland Awareness Day
PearlandWetlandPlanting_Flyer Calling all Master Naturalists, Scouting groups, and volunteers interested in improving the natural surroundings of Pearland! Join us for an upcoming wetland planting event. This unique experience will provide participants with education on wetlands as well as hands on experience in planting. We’ll be planting and launching floating wetlands which will demonstrate a new technique for water quality improvements. Additionally we’ll create a freshwater wetland habitat near the islands at the John Hargrove Environmental Complex, site of the future Pearland Nature Center. Saturday March 7, 9am-3pm. Breakfast… Read More →
Floating Wetland Media Coverage Still Comes in Waves
Extra! Floating Wetlands Launch Day photos and press: Click the image to see photos of volunteers preparing and installing floating wetland islands in a Clear Creek ISD campus stormwater pond. Thanks to Helle Brown, Texas Master Naturalist for being our photographer on the November 10 Launch Day! Preparations for the floating wetlands were covered in an excellent article by Galveston Daily News. Click the image to read the story. Now showing: the floating wetlands on video: A video about the floating wetlands project at Clear Creek I.S.D’s… Read More →