Nueces River Authority

Since September 2006, the Nueces River Authority has been bringing innovative education to the people of the Texas Gulf Coast including the coastal areas of the Nueces River and adjoining coastal basins. The program is supported by the Clean Rivers Program and local contracts. They partner with the Center for Coastal Studies at TAMUCC, Texas Agrili... fe Extension, Coastal Bend Bays and Estuary Program, Texas State Aquarium - Sea Lab and others. Over the past three years they have attended 52 events in Nueces, Jim Wells, Refugio, and Bee Counties. Since September 2006, the Nueces River Authority (NRA) Education and Outreach Program for the Coastal Bend has delivered education to over 2800 people at 52 events in Nueces, Bee, Jim Wells, and Refugio Counties. Using original hands-on teaching tools, they take the lesson to the people, demonstrating the importance of clean waterways for drinking water, recreation, land, and animal health. The presentations use the Nueces Basin Watershed Model, the Wetland on Wheels, and a Rainfall Runoff Model - all hands-on, interactive tools. The presentations touch on questions of the TEKS standardized tests (water cycle, weathering, non-renewable resources, habitats, adaptations, conservation, use of natural resources, limitations of models, sources of water in a watershed, and the relationships between ground and surface water) to help support the school curriculum.Read More