Rio Grande, Rio Grande Estuary, and Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee and Expert Science Team

Created by the 80th Texas Legislature in recognition of the importance that the ecological soundness of our riverine, bay, and estuary systems and riparian lands have on the economy, health, and well-being of our state

Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)

The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committees for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code §11.23620 . (map: geographical extent of priority basins).

These Committees have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. One of the tasks the Committees are to perform is to establish a Basin and Bay Expert Science Team. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analysis and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.

Members of the Rio Grande, Rio Grande estuary, and Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee

	Interest Group
Carlos Ayala	Environmental
Joe Barrera	River Authority
John Bruciak	Electrical Generation
David Crum	Free-Range Livestock
D.V. Guerra	Free-Range Livestock
Rick Guerrero	Soil and Water Conservation
Wayne Halbert	Agricultural Irrigation
Sonny Hinojosa	Regional Water Planning Group
Glenn Jarvis	Recreational
Sonia Lambert	River Authority
Michael McCulloch	Public Interest
Donald McGhee	Refining
Scott McWilliams	Environmental
Robert Potts	Public Interest
Tony Reisinger	Commercial Fisherman
Arturo Rodriguez	Environmental
Tomas Rodriguez	Municipality
Ella de la Rosa	Electrical Generation
Alan Zeman	Regional Water Planning Group

Meetings of the Rio Grande, Rio Grande Estuary, and Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee (BBASC)

January 25, 2011

February 28, 2011

March 29, 2011

Agenda
Presentations
USGS Hydrologic Data Program Overview

Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Team

The Texas Water Code requires the creation of several Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Teams for specific river basin and bay systems listed in the Texas Water Code 11.02362. ( map: geographical extent of priority basins).

These Teams have specific tasks to perform to assist with the work of the Environmental Flows Advisory Group. Each Basin and Bay Expert Science Team will develop an environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime for their specific river basin and bay system.

Members of the Rio Grande, Rio Grande estuary, and Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) Upper Rio Grande Basin:

Jeff Bennett
Gary L. Bryant
Jack Schmidt
Zhuping Sheng
Ryan Smith
Kevin Urbanczyk, Ph.D.

Meetings of the Rio Grande, Rio Grande estuary, and Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) Upper Rio Grande Basin:

April 22, 2011

Agenda
Attendees
Handouts
Duties of the Rio Grande BBASC/BBEST
Rio Grande BBASC/BBEST Schedule Flowchart

Members of the Rio Grande, Rio Grande estuary, and Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) Lower Rio Grande Basin:

Jude Benavides, Ph.D.
David Buzan
Hudson DeYoe
Bob Edwards, Ph.D.
Carlos Marin, Ph.D., P.E.
Warren Pulich, Ph.D.

Meetings of the Rio Grande, Rio Grande estuary, and Lower Laguna Madre Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (BBEST) Lower Rio Grande Basin:

April 20, 2011

Agenda
Minutes
Attendees
Handouts
Duties of the Rio Grande BBASC/BBEST
Rio Grande BBASC/BBEST Schedule Flowchart

May 26 & 27, 2011

June 30, & July 1, 2011

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For answers to any other questions about this stakeholder committee or expert science team, please call or e-mail Cory Horan at 512-239-4026 or through the main Water Supply Division line, 512-239-4691.

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