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free well disinfection and water quality workshop for private well ownersnov 2 2018rockport private water well owners whose wells flooded should assume that their well water is contaminated until tested according to dr diane boellstorff texas a&m agrilife extension service water resource specialist college station you should not use water from a flooded well for drinking cooking making ice brushing your teeth or even bathing until you are satisfied that it is not contaminated boellstorff said "wells are a direct link from the land surface into our delicate aquifers this workshop provides information on the importance of capping or plugging select water wells in order to keep surface contaminants out of our groundwater " said morgen ayers natural resources specialist with texas sea grant agrilife extension is offering a free well water disinfection and water quality workshop nov 14 6:30-8:00 pm at the aransas county extension office 892 airport rd rockport the workshop is being co-sponsored by texas sea grant the workshop aims to improve the understanding of how floods impact private well waters and to provide information about well water quality free test kits will be distributed at the workshop for well owners to return to the aransas county extension office on december 3 instructions for decontaminating a well are available through the following publications free for download at http://twontamuedu/flood-resources/ additionally the best protocol to follow for disinfecting a private well system is found at http://twontamuedu/media/668950/waterwell_tri-fold__state_10-13-17pdf boellstorff said after a flood wells should be inspected for physical damage and signs of leakage if it appears damaged consult a licensed water well contractor to determine whether repairs are needed she said she also noted flooding can damage the well pump and electrical systems if the pump and/or electrical system has been underwater and it is not designed to be underwater do not turn on the pump as there is a potential for electrical shock or damage to your well or pump she said boellstorff said once the floodwaters have receded and the pump and electrical system have dried have a qualified electrician well driller or pump installer check the wiring system and other well components workshop sponsors include texas a&m agrilife extension texas well owners network texas sea grant and tamu cc center for water studies refreshments will be provided for more information about the workshop contact the texas a&m agrilife extension office in aransas county at 361-790-0103 or aransas-tx@tamuedu it is free and open to all contacts: drew gholson 979-845-1461 dgholson@tamuedu ginger easton smith 361-790-0103 vasmith@agtamuedu dorina murgulet 361-825-2309 dorinamurgulet@tamuccedu morgen ayers 361-825-6216 morgenayers@tamuedu diane boellstorff 979-458-3562 dboellstorff@tamuedu by morgen ayers
rockport private water well owners whose wells flooded should assume that their well water is contaminated until tested according to dr diane boellstorff texas a&m agrilife extension service water resource specialist college station you should not use water from a flooded well for drinking cooking making ice brushing your teeth or even bathing until you are satisfied that it is not contaminated boellstorff said "wells are a direct link from the land surface into our delicate aquifers this workshop provides information on the importance of capping or plugging select water wells in order to keep surface contaminants out of our groundwater " said morgen ayers natural resources specialist with texas sea grant agrilife extension is offering a free well water disinfection and water quality workshop nov 14 6:30-8:00 pm at the aransas county extension office 892 airport rd rockport the workshop is being co-sponsored by texas sea grant the workshop aims to improve the understanding of how floods impact private well waters and to provide information about well water quality free test kits will be distributed at the workshop for well owners to return to the aransas county extension office on december 3 instructions for decontaminating a well are available through the following publications free for download at http://twontamuedu/flood-resources/ additionally the best protocol to follow for disinfecting a private well system is found at http://twontamuedu/media/668950/waterwell_tri-fold__state_10-13-17pdf boellstorff said after a flood wells should be inspected for physical damage and signs of leakage if it appears damaged consult a licensed water well contractor to determine whether repairs are needed she said she also noted flooding can damage the well pump and electrical systems if the pump and/or electrical system has been underwater and it is not designed to be underwater do not turn on the pump as there is a potential for electrical shock or damage to your well or pump she said boellstorff said once the floodwaters have receded and the pump and electrical system have dried have a qualified electrician well driller or pump installer check the wiring system and other well components workshop sponsors include texas a&m agrilife extension texas well owners network texas sea grant and tamu cc center for water studies refreshments will be provided for more information about the workshop contact the texas a&m agrilife extension office in aransas county at 361-790-0103 or aransas-tx@tamuedu it is free and open to all contacts: drew gholson 979-845-1461 dgholson@tamuedu ginger easton smith 361-790-0103 vasmith@agtamuedu dorina murgulet 361-825-2309 dorinamurgulet@tamuccedu morgen ayers 361-825-6216 morgenayers@tamuedu diane boellstorff 979-458-3562 dboellstorff@tamuedu by morgen ayers
dr conlee and students launch a weather balloon during a previous project photo courtesy of dr chris nowotarskiphoto courtesy of dr chris nowotarski
texas sea grants heather wade selected as a subject matter expert for the resilience dialoguesoct 26 2018texas sea grant congratulates heather wade texas sea grants senior associate director for planning and extension for the prestigious honor of being selected as a subject matter expert for the resilience dialogues the resilience dialogues are a national collaboration effort that works to build climate-resilient communities through facilitated dialogues between scientists practitioners and community leaders climate risks that communities face include changing patterns of extreme weather events shifting growing seasons more flooding near rivers and coastal regions less water availability and greater exposure to wildfires as a subject matter expert wade will help define questions that drive resilience planning characterize local risks and explore the resources and strategies needed to develop climate risk assessments and plans wade has rich experience with helping communities evaluate their resilience to natural hazards and help assess their land-use plans and ordinances with texas sea grant she has provided technical assistance to urban planners and facilitated land-use and environmental planning workshops as the coastal state-federal relations coordinator for oregon coastal management program and department of land conservation & development wade managed oregons coastal development and restoration projects database performed federal consistency reviews managed grant projects and networked with local state and federal governments to reach solutions to coastal issues her educational background also makes wade a strong candidate as a subject matter expert from texas a&m university she received a bachelor of science in environmental studies with minors in geography and earth sciences and a master of urban planning with a focus on land use and environmental planning with a certificate in environmental hazards management currently wade is working on her phd in urban and regional science also at texas a&m university texas sea grant director dr pamela plotkin stated heather is a leader in coastal planning and reducing risks from coastal hazards as a scientist and practitioner her important contributions to the resilience dialogues are timely as climate risks escalate and threaten texas communities and their economies for more information about resilience dialogues is available online at http://wwwresiliencedialoguesorg by kimber de salvo
texas sea grant congratulates heather wade texas sea grants senior associate director for planning and extension for the prestigious honor of being selected as a subject matter expert for the resilience dialogues the resilience dialogues are a national collaboration effort that works to build climate-resilient communities through facilitated dialogues between scientists practitioners and community leaders climate risks that communities face include changing patterns of extreme weather events shifting growing seasons more flooding near rivers and coastal regions less water availability and greater exposure to wildfires as a subject matter expert wade will help define questions that drive resilience planning characterize local risks and explore the resources and strategies needed to develop climate risk assessments and plans wade has rich experience with helping communities evaluate their resilience to natural hazards and help assess their land-use plans and ordinances with texas sea grant she has provided technical assistance to urban planners and facilitated land-use and environmental planning workshops as the coastal state-federal relations coordinator for oregon coastal management program and department of land conservation & development wade managed oregons coastal development and restoration projects database performed federal consistency reviews managed grant projects and networked with local state and federal governments to reach solutions to coastal issues her educational background also makes wade a strong candidate as a subject matter expert from texas a&m university she received a bachelor of science in environmental studies with minors in geography and earth sciences and a master of urban planning with a focus on land use and environmental planning with a certificate in environmental hazards management currently wade is working on her phd in urban and regional science also at texas a&m university texas sea grant director dr pamela plotkin stated heather is a leader in coastal planning and reducing risks from coastal hazards as a scientist and practitioner her important contributions to the resilience dialogues are timely as climate risks escalate and threaten texas communities and their economies for more information about resilience dialogues is available online at http://wwwresiliencedialoguesorg by kimber de salvo
the new and updated version of the texas homeowner's handbook to prepare for coastal natural hazards is hereoct 25 2018the new and updated version of the texas homeowners handbook to prepare for coastal natural hazards is here! whether youre retrofitting an existing home or repairing or rebuilding a home that was damaged by hurricane harvey a publication available from the texas sea grant college program at texas a&m university can provide some helpful information the handbook includes general information about hurricanes and tropical storms including preparation and evacuation but it also describes ways to build or retrofit a home to make it more resistant to wind and rain the handbook includes sections on roof stability keeping water out and power issues as well as a section on wind and flood insurance the publication was produced through a partnership with the gulf of mexico alliance the texas general land office texas sea grant and the us environmental protection agency and national oceanic and atmospheric administration it was modeled after a similar publication produced by the university of hawaii sea grant college program since hurricane harvey texas sea grant staff have already distributed over 7 500 copies of the texas homeowners handbook to 30 federal emergency management agency (fema) disaster recovery centers and 7 texas a&m agrilife extension county offices around the state and to the fema joint field office in austin by cindie powell kimber de salvo
the new and updated version of the texas homeowners handbook to prepare for coastal natural hazards is here! whether youre retrofitting an existing home or repairing or rebuilding a home that was damaged by hurricane harvey a publication available from the texas sea grant college program at texas a&m university can provide some helpful information the handbook includes general information about hurricanes and tropical storms including preparation and evacuation but it also describes ways to build or retrofit a home to make it more resistant to wind and rain the handbook includes sections on roof stability keeping water out and power issues as well as a section on wind and flood insurance the publication was produced through a partnership with the gulf of mexico alliance the texas general land office texas sea grant and the us environmental protection agency and national oceanic and atmospheric administration it was modeled after a similar publication produced by the university of hawaii sea grant college program since hurricane harvey texas sea grant staff have already distributed over 7 500 copies of the texas homeowners handbook to 30 federal emergency management agency (fema) disaster recovery centers and 7 texas a&m agrilife extension county offices around the state and to the fema joint field office in austin by cindie powell kimber de salvo
oreilly named a 2018 texas a&m presidential impact fellowhonor comes with $75 000 stipend to accelerate faculty teaching research and serviceoct 25 2018dr kathleen oreilly (photo by chris mouchyn)texas a&m university president michael k young and provost and executive vice president carol fierke have announced the second class of presidential impact fellows which are among the most prestigious recognitions for scholarly impact presented to texas a&m faculty dr kathleen oreilly professor in the department of geography in the college of geosciences has been named a 2018 presidential impact fellow dr oreillys early career successes include an nsf career award and a gates foundation grant and this track record of accomplishment as well as her continued trajectory skyward have propelled her into an elite group of faculty at texas a&m said dr debbie thomas interim dean of the college of geosciences we are so thrilled that her accomplishments are now recognized at the university level a total of 21 faculty members across texas a&ms 16 colleges and schools two branch campuses and university libraries received the honor this year each recipient will receive an annual stipend of $25 000 for the next three fiscal years to accelerate their teaching research and service efforts the honorarium helps foster opportunities to dialogue and collaborate with other leading scholars and create new partnerships the award also confers the lifetime title of presidential impact fellow oreilly discusses sanitation at the 2016 3ie delhi evidence week (video by 3ie) texas a&m university is proud to invest in our amazing faculty who continue to make significant impacts through teaching research and service efforts young said these rising stars are meeting the challenges in their field and demonstrating what influence they have toward creating a better world the award winners were identified by their college and dean and confirmed by the academic leadership each is considered to be a candidate for continued or new national and international acclaim in 2017 dr sarah brooks atmospheric sciences professor in the college of geosciences was named a presidential impact fellow this honor is clear recognition of the excellence of these faculty in their scholarly endeavors fierke said they are among the nations very best and will continue for many years to make transformational impacts that reach far beyond the walls of texas a&m the 2018 presidential impact fellows were formally recognized in a ceremony oct 25 read the full list of all 21 honorees by texas a&m university office of the provost and texas a&m geosciences
texas a&m university president michael k young and provost and executive vice president carol fierke have announced the second class of presidential impact fellows which are among the most prestigious recognitions for scholarly impact presented to texas a&m faculty dr kathleen oreilly professor in the department of geography in the college of geosciences has been named a 2018 presidential impact fellow dr oreillys early career successes include an nsf career award and a gates foundation grant and this track record of accomplishment as well as her continued trajectory skyward have propelled her into an elite group of faculty at texas a&m said dr debbie thomas interim dean of the college of geosciences we are so thrilled that her accomplishments are now recognized at the university level a total of 21 faculty members across texas a&ms 16 colleges and schools two branch campuses and university libraries received the honor this year each recipient will receive an annual stipend of $25 000 for the next three fiscal years to accelerate their teaching research and service efforts the honorarium helps foster opportunities to dialogue and collaborate with other leading scholars and create new partnerships the award also confers the lifetime title of presidential impact fellow oreilly discusses sanitation at the 2016 3ie delhi evidence week (video by 3ie) texas a&m university is proud to invest in our amazing faculty who continue to make significant impacts through teaching research and service efforts young said these rising stars are meeting the challenges in their field and demonstrating what influence they have toward creating a better world the award winners were identified by their college and dean and confirmed by the academic leadership each is considered to be a candidate for continued or new national and international acclaim in 2017 dr sarah brooks atmospheric sciences professor in the college of geosciences was named a presidential impact fellow this honor is clear recognition of the excellence of these faculty in their scholarly endeavors fierke said they are among the nations very best and will continue for many years to make transformational impacts that reach far beyond the walls of texas a&m the 2018 presidential impact fellows were formally recognized in a ceremony oct 25 read the full list of all 21 honorees by texas a&m university office of the provost and texas a&m geosciences
summer ocean prediction center internship gives geography grad student invaluable experiencenicole casamassina was one of just 17 students selected nationally for the programoct 24 2018the noaa center for weather and climate prediction in college park maryland photo courtesy of nicole casamassinathis year the national centers for environmental prediction (ncep) student summer internship program in college park maryland selected just 17 students from around the country for its 10-week paid internships nicole casamassina a masters student advised by dr oliver frauenfeld in the texas a&m university department of geography in the college of geosciences was one of the students selected to take part in the 2018 program casamassina was assigned to work with the ocean prediction center (opc) on a project looking at ship traffic in the northwestern atlantic ocean the focus of the project was to see how ship traffic interacted with the forecasts and warnings put out by the opc for a coastal winter storm in the spring of 2018 the project was part of a larger push by the opc to make sure the us is as the forefront of oceanic weather forecasting across the globethere is a lot more to learn about forecast interpretation she said and that is one of the big initiatives of the national weather service going forward in the next ten twenty years: understanding how people identify risk and avoid itphoto courtesy of nicole casamassinathe project ended with casamassina having the opportunity to present her work to her fellow interns and the opc staff as part of the internship she also got the opportunity to meet the director of the national weather service and numerous directors of the different centers and divisions within the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa)cassamassina is grateful to have spent her summer working on a project that she sees as having the potential to preserve the lives and livelihoods of mariners across the globe she will be presenting her findings from the summer internship project at the american meteorological societys annual meeting in january of 2019by rhett douris
the noaa center for weather and climate prediction in college park maryland photo courtesy of nicole casamassina
this year the national centers for environmental prediction (ncep) student summer internship program in college park maryland selected just 17 students from around the country for its 10-week paid internships nicole casamassina a masters student advised by dr oliver frauenfeld in the texas a&m university department of geography in the college of geosciences was one of the students selected to take part in the 2018 program casamassina was assigned to work with the ocean prediction center (opc) on a project looking at ship traffic in the northwestern atlantic ocean the focus of the project was to see how ship traffic interacted with the forecasts and warnings put out by the opc for a coastal winter storm in the spring of 2018 the project was part of a larger push by the opc to make sure the us is as the forefront of oceanic weather forecasting across the globethere is a lot more to learn about forecast interpretation she said and that is one of the big initiatives of the national weather service going forward in the next ten twenty years: understanding how people identify risk and avoid it
the project ended with casamassina having the opportunity to present her work to her fellow interns and the opc staff as part of the internship she also got the opportunity to meet the director of the national weather service and numerous directors of the different centers and divisions within the national oceanic and atmospheric administration (noaa)cassamassina is grateful to have spent her summer working on a project that she sees as having the potential to preserve the lives and livelihoods of mariners across the globe she will be presenting her findings from the summer internship project at the american meteorological societys annual meeting in january of 2019by rhett douris
did you know that the fightin texas aggie class of 2022 is the very first freshman class at texas a&m university to include oceanography majors texas a&m has long offered graduate degrees in oceanography but the first bachelor of science in oceanography degree at texas a&m university began accepting transfer and change of major students just last year the bs degree in oceanography provides students with an interdisciplinary education and training in one of three tracks in ocean sciences: ocean observing systems and technology (oost); ocean climate (oc); and marine ecosystem science and health (mesh) the department of oceanography is very excited to be able to offer this new stem degree the bs degree in oceanography said dr shari yvon-lewis professor and oceanography department head this new program will help support both the land-grant and sea-grant missions of texas a&m university as this new degree is tailored to provide skills for new oceanography-related jobs as well as skills that are transferable to a wide array of technical careers a large majority of our faculty are teaching in the new major said dr christina wiederwohl instructional associate professor in oceanography because we've offered an oceanography minor for a while our faculty have been fully invested in undergraduate teaching even before this major was offered starting this fall a total of 21 undergraduate students including freshmen change of majors and transfer students are enrolled in this new oceanography undergraduate degree program