2026 Texas Waters Webinar Series
I’m grateful for the collaboration and support we shared throughout 2025. The dedication from all the volunteers and partners of the Texas Waters program is the reason for its successes. Together we have contributed just under 19,000 service hours in conserving and protecting your community's water source by restoring lands with natives, educating thousands on aquatic resources, and keeping miles of Texas waterways healthier.
As we dive into 2026, we celebrate 10 years of the Texas Waters program. The Texas Waters Specialist program continues to grow and it's with the support from all of you. Whether it's for the fish we catch, the waterfowl we hunt, the swim with family, the float to connect us to nature, or the tranquil sound of a riffle, "Water links us to our neighbor in a way more profound and complex than any other.”-John Thorson
Join a Texas Waters webinar to continue your lifelong learning journey!
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Tuesday, January 13 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT
- Exploring Native Aquatic Plants: Identification, Benefits, and Installation
- Ryan O’Hanlon, co-founder & lead aquatic horticulturist at Stonefly Aquatic Nursery LLC
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Tuesday, February 24 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT
- The Creek in My Backyard – A Guide to Understanding Stream Regulations in Texas
- Beth Bendik & Sue Reilly & Alaya Keane, Aquatic Resource Permitting and Consultation Program Leader & Conservation Ecologists at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Inland Fisheries
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Thursday, March 12 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT
- Duck Walk: A Birder’s Improbable Path to Hunting as Conservation
- Margie Crisp - Naturalist, writer, and artist
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Wednesday, April 15 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT
- 21st Century Texas: Climate, water, science, and society
- Jay Banner, Professor & Director at Jackson School of Geosciences - The University of Texas at Austin
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Tuesday, May 12 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT
- River Systems Impacted by Floods
- Patrick Ireland & Mitch Nisbet, District Biologists at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Inland Fisheries (San Marcos / Austin and San Antonio Districts)
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Tuesday, June 16 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT
- How the Texas Litter Database Supports Conservation Action
- Kirsten Sorensen, Senior Program Manager, Research and Cleanups at Keep Texas Beautiful
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Wednesday, July 15 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT
- Conservation Opportunity Areas in Texas
- Jennifer Marrugo, Ecologist at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Wildlife Division
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Wednesday, August 12 @ 6:30-7:30 PM CT
- Investing in Texas' Water Future
- Jeremy Mazur, Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Policy at Texas 2036
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Share the 2026 Texas Waters flyer with friends, colleagues, libraries, and nature centers to spread the word on how to protect and conserve Texas waters.
About the Texas Water Program
With the Texas Waters curriculum, we want to inform and educate Texans about the most precious natural resource Texas possesses, its water. Many challenges face our state concerning water, particularly in our aquatic habitats, the water for wildlife. Texas Parks and Wildlife values the natural and cultural resources of Texas and we want there to always be drinkable, swimmable, and fishable waters in our great State.
This curriculum will allow Texans to obtain advanced training, become certified as a Texas Waters Specialist, and give back to their community by performing volunteer service in aquatic areas such as:
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Conservation - establishing rain gardens, updating backyard and community infrastructure, representing water law, or participating in storm drain marking
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Ecology - improving aquatic ecosystems, bioindicator species monitoring, or aquifer recharge/karst feature flagging and clearing
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Education - leading aquatic activities at fairs, festivals, events, or field trips for schools, scouts, and general public
- Stewardship - improving aquatic habitats through invasive species removal and restoration, water quality monitoring, or clean ups
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Questions?
Email ConservationEdu@tpwd.texas.gov.
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