Please join us in-person for the latest installment of our Cypress Creek Project Speaker Series and quarterly stakeholder meeting! Featured Speaker: "Mindfulness and the Nature Connection Presentation", by Rob Dussler, Ph.D., Chief Education Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment.

From the pandemic, elections, and historic winter storms, to say that a lot has changed since last year’s annual newsletter feels like a bit of an understatement. Work to protect and conserve Cypress Creek however didn’t stall for these events.

Due to concerns over rising COVID-19 cases and out of an abundance of caution, we will be moving our Stakeholder Meeting to an online format. Continue to use the link below to RSVP to the meeting, please note that you must RSVP to receive instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting.

We hope that you are all doing well and staying healthy. It was great to see some of you at our semi-annual stakeholder meeting last week! We enjoyed getting to provide the latest updates on what has been happening in the watershed.

Thank you to those who attended our first Speaker Series "Our Water, Our Environment and Our Way of Life: Economic Drivers for the Wimberley Valley" last week! We're glad to hear from some of you that you enjoyed the presentations and panels. If you weren't able to attend this event, we have posted the presentations from Dr. Joni Charles, Charlie Flatten, and Dr. Sandra Arismendez to our website for you to view at any time.

Save the date! We are excited kickoff our new Wimberley Valley speaker series at the end of this month with a special online event. Stick around after the presentations for our semi-annual public stakeholder meeting to hear updates on the Cypress Creek Project and other big happenings within the Wimberley Valley.

It is hard to believe that we are already in the back half of what has most certainly been an interesting year! We hope that you have been well and staying healthy. We also hope that you have found the time to safely get outside and explore the wonderful watershed that you live in. Work officially began on Phase IV of the Cypress Creek Project back in March, and we have been working hard to keep Cypress Creek clean, clear, and flowing remotely from our respective homes.

This is a friendly reminder of a few great virtual events that you have the opportunity to attend. Continue to read below to learn about what's going on in the watershed, and how to reserve your spot!

We are excited to announce three upcoming events that you have the opportunity to attend virtually!

We hope everyone has been staying safe and dry during these Spring rains! These recent rain events have shown us the importance of smart, environmentally conscious development as we are seeing a heavy increase in runoff throughout the Hill Country. Integration of best management practices and low impact development is crucial for limiting impervious cover and increasing infiltration.

We are pleased to share with you the final report for Phase III implementation of the Cypress Creek Watershed Protection Plan. When you take the time to read it, you will see that we have accomplished quite a bit in the past three years! From workshops, ordinances, meetings, and best management practices (BMPs).

Happy (belated) New Year from the Cypress Creek Project team! We hope that you all had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday season. The Cypress Creek Project team has been busy wrapping up the TCEQ contract and prepping to kick-off the next phase of the project in March.

We are excited to announce a self-guided tour of all Best Management Practices in the Cypress Creek Watershed is now available for you to view on your cell phone, tablet, or desktop! We hope you find the StoryMap informative, and that it helps you learn about how these projects are working to protect Cypress Creek.

Happy fall! We’re all enjoying the cooler temperatures here and hope that you are too. As we enter the rainy season, conserving and protecting our water resources is still as important as ever. Fortunately, the coming rains give us the opportunity to see our best management practices (BMPs) do the work they were built for! Three vegetated filter strips were constructed at the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association headquarters, the tenth and final BMP to be constructed in the watershed as part of the current project.

We hope that everyone has been staying cool as we enter the time of the year where the triple digit temperature days seem to be unending, and rain is sparse. Being conscious of your water usage is more important than ever during these next few months, even the seemingly small changes can make a huge difference. The end of this newsletter includes simple conservation tips you can implement right at home.