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Panel discusses protecting watersheds at local level

Panelists at the recent Texas Water Symposium said science is crucial in assessing and solving problems.

by Carol Flake

Cypress Creek in downtown Wimberley
Credit: Photo by: Shelby Knowles

Panelists at the recent Texas Water Symposium said with more than 40 percent of the nation's assessed waterways in trouble and more than half on the way to being impaired, science is crucial in assessing and solving problems. (Texas Public Radio)

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