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F.O.R.’s Adopt-A-Highway Effort Joins
TxDOT for the Great Texas Trash Off Day
 F.O.R.
is looking for 12 volunteer friends and neighbors to
participate in our commitment to TxDOT ’s Adopt-a-Highway
program. This year, for the first of our quarterly road
clean-ups, TxDOT is asking that F.O.R. Participate in the
great Texas Trash Off Day, Saturday, April 5th. On that day,
volunteers state-wide will be cleaning up their own two mile
sections of adopted highway giving our whole state the gift
of clean highways – for at least one day! Friends Of the
River Adopt-a-Highway volunteers will meet at Bernard
Grocery in Churchill at 10:00 a.m. Before beginning clean up
of two miles on F.M. 2918. For more information, and to join
in the fun! - please contact Pat Jankowiak at: 979-964-3168
or adopthighway@sanbernardriver.com.
The age requirement for participation, set by the state is
"no children under age 7". Each child 7 to 14 must be
supervised by a parent. A picnic lunch will be provided, for
volunteers. Rain date: April 12.
Community Center Special
Project
Volunteers Needed
The Community Center Committee will be working on the
following project in the near future and we could use your
help: Storage Building
a. Building trusses
b. Installing posts for storage building.
c. Framing
d. Roofing
If you would like to volunteer, or have material to donate
for this project, please call Pat Webb 964-4503
pat@sanbernardriver.com
General Information on Water Quality Training
By Al Rocco
Members of F.O.R. have volunteered to conduct water quality monitoring of the San Bernard River. Under the guidance of
"Texas Stream Team" staff and support partner, the Houston-Galveston Area Council, volunteers will complete three phases of
training in order to become Texas Stream Team
Certified Water Quality Monitors. The volunteers will be trained to collect quality assured information that can be utilized in
making environmental decisions regarding the river. Volunteers will be provided monitoring test kits and will be trained to effectively
measure physical and chemical parameters of river samples collected at selected monitoring points once a month. The data collected
will be maintained by the "Texas Stream Team" and will be available for anyone to review.
Texas Stream Team (formerly Texas Watch) is a network of trained volunteers and supportive partners working together to gather
information about the natural resources of Texas and to ensure the information is available to all Texans. The Texas Stream Team
is administered through a cooperative partnership between Texas State University, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Currently, over 1,400 Texas Stream Team volunteers collect water
quality data on lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, bays, bayous, and estuaries in Texas.
Texas Stream Team water quality monitoring training will be conducted on April 5, 2008 at the F.O.R. Community Center.
Additional training is scheduled for June 4, 2008 at Challenger Park in Webster.
Additional information can be found at:
http://txstreamteam.rivers.txstate.edu/About-Us.html and
http://www.h-gac.com/community/water/default.aspx
One of F.O.R.'s
primary functions is to educate the public
regarding the issues concerning the San Bernard
River and it's Communities. Contact Pat Webb
pat@sanbernardriver.com to schedule a
guest speaker for your group or special event.
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