Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers and Galveston Bay Basin and Bay Area Expert Science Team: Members and Meetings

 Trinity and San Jacinto BBASC and BBEST Home page

Science teams develop environmental flow analyses and a recommended environmental flow regime to support a sound ecological environment for their river basin and bay system. The science teams must consider all reasonably available science, without regard for other water use needs, and make recommendations based solely on the best science available.

The members of the Trinity and San Jacinto BBEST are:

• William H. Espey (Chair)
• L. James Lester (Vice-Chair)
• David Buzan
• Woody Frossard
• Fran Gelwick
• George Guillen
• Webster Mangham
• Robert W. McFarlane
• Alan H. Plummer
• Antonietta Quigg
• Mike Reedy
• Tony L. Smith
• Joseph F. Trungale
• Mike Turco
• Jarrett (Woody) Olen Woodrow, Jr.
• Robert Brandes, Ph. D., P.E. (Primary Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee Liaison)
• Mary Kelly (Secondary Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee Liaison)

BBEST Resources

• Ecological Overlay for the Trinity River for support of Development of Instream Environmental Flow Recommendations

BBEST Meetings

Nov 12, 2009

• Agenda
• Attendees
• Presentations
  Bay and Estuary Proposal Recommendation
  Instream Flow Proposal Recommendation
  Collaborative/Alternate Instream Flow Proposal Recommendation

Oct 19, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Attendees
• Presentation
  Trinity-San Jacinto BBEST Status Report

Aug 13, 2009

• Agenda
• Attendees
• Presentations
  Freshwater Inflow Considerations
  Environmental Flows A Natural Approach
  Geomorphic Overlays
  San Jacinto River Basin, Ecological Overlay
  Trinity River Project Briefing - UHCL
  Trinity San Jacinto BBEST Modeling Project
  Development of Information Needed to Determine Freshwater Inflow Requirements for Galveston Bay

July 2, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Attendees

June 10, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Attendees
• Handouts
  Key Questions to Be Addressed - Instream Flows
  Key Questions to Be Addressed - Freshwater Inflows
  Instream Flows Subcommittee Report
• Presentations
  USGS Analysis - Water Quality
  Geographic Scope Subcommittee - Applying the Overlay
  Geographic Scope Subcommittee - Basin Maps
  TxBlend - Calibration and Validation

May 13, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Attendees
• Handouts
  State Rate Memo for Hotels
  B&E Guidance - Table of Contents
• Presentations
  San Jacinto River Instream Literature Review
  Trinity River Literature Review
  Galveston Bay FWI Study Salinity Zonation Approach
  An Alternative Approach to Oysters

April 8, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Attendees
• Handouts
  Geographic Scope of Instream Flow Recommendations
  HEFR Enhancements & Modifications, April 7 2009
• Presentations
  Geographic Scope of Instream Flow Recommendations
  Application of HEFR at Brazos River at Richmond
  Instream Flows vs. Freshwater Inflows
  Inflow-Pattern Approach to Estuary Evaluation
  Region H Environmental Flows Study Results

March 11, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Attendees
• Handouts
  LCRA/SAWS: Comparison with 2006 FINS
  Recent Improvements to the U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging Program
  Instream Flow Targets for the Trinity and San Jacinto River Basins
• Presentations
  LCRA/SAWS: Colorado River - Aquatic Habitat Studies
  LCRA/SAWS: Matagorda Bay Health Evaluation
  USGS: Trinity River Streamflow Data Overview
  Instream Flow Targets for the Trinity and San Jacinto River Basins

Feb 11, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Attendees
• Handouts
  Use of Hydrological Data in the Development of Instream Flow Recommendations for the Environmental Flows Allocation Process and the Hydrology-Based Environmental Flow Regime (HEFR) Methodology
  Geographic Scope of Instream Flow Recommendations
• Presentations
  Freshwater Inflows in Galveston Bay: Primary Productivity as an Indicator of Ecosystem Function
  Instream Flow Methodology: A Review of Historical Approaches
  An Overview of the Hydrology-Based Environmental Flow (HEFR) Method
  Trinity River Past and Present; Confidence/Uncertainty; Region H Targets

Jan 15, 2009

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Attendees
• Handouts
  Duties of the Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers and Galveston Bay BBEST as Stated in SB3
  BBEST Budget Guidance
• Presentations
  Environmental Flows in the Cypress River Basin
  Freshwater Inflows
  Missing: A Graph, A Model, and a Proof of Concept
  An Alternative Approach to Freshwater Inflow Management
  Galveston Bay System Oyster Reefs
  Processed Wastewater: Potential Tool for Promoting Oyster Reefs in High Salinity Waters

Dec 18, 2008

The December 18, 2008 meeting of the Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers and Galveston Bay Expert Science Team was held in conjunction with the Basin and Bay Area Stakeholder Committee. For more information on agenda, attendees, handouts and presentations, please see the meeting on the BBASC page below.