2/19 Meeting Recap and Calendar

[WaterAid]

Hello,

 

Rain is here! It is always a good day for rain in San Marcos.

 

Here is a recap of the meeting on Tuesday the 19^th.

Our Guest Speaker was the Director of the San Marcos River Foundation (SMRF) – Dianne Wassenich. Dianne told us all about Water Hyacinth  Removal and plans to extend to other invasive species, the City River Clean up on March 2^nd, and exciting plans with Edwards Aquiver RIP (Recovery Implementation Program).

The SMRF email updates are full of useful information about what is going on around town. If you would like to receive emails from SMRF please send an email to wass...@grandecom.net requesting to be on the list.

At the end of the meeting WaterAid donated $500 dollars to the San Marcos River Foundation! the SMRF is an incredible organization that has been doing many great things for the San Marcos River for many years.

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Here is a quick break down of upcoming events - also locate at our website http://wateraidtxst.weebly.com/calendar.html

Hyacinth Removal - 2/23

• This is an invasive species removal that the San Marcos River Foundation does every 4th Saturday 
• 9am – 12pm noon
• Meet at Medows Center (Aquarena Center) 167 Spring Lake, San Marcos, TX

 

Geography Job Strategy- 2/25 at 5pm

• 5 - 6:30pm on February 25th in room 116 in Evans Liberal Art building
• (description on line) Wondering what you’ll do with your geography degree once you graduate from Texas State? Get critical information about the geography field and the importance of networking from Career Advisor Kim Nelson and Employer Relations coordinator (and geography alum) Casey Menn

River Clean Up - March 2nd

•          Semi-Annual City River Clean up
•          Meet at 9-9:30 at Lions Club Tube Rentals located in City Park
•          Spend the day with fellow citizens beautifying the city
•          Canoes will also be available (The San Marcos River is awesome to canoe on)

 

Hays Country Crop Walk (Hays Country Food Bank)- March 3^rd

•          This is a walk to benefit the Hays County Food Bank
•          Meet at Dunbar Community Center at 1:30pm
•          We will have a booth that we can talk to people about the local water issues and easy ways to conserve water at home
•         2 people are needed to work this event

Bobcat Build – March 23^rd

•        9am –noonish
•          More info to come

 

If you have any questions or concerns please voice them!

 

Thanks Ya’ll,

 

Nathan Hartman – WaterAid President

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