| Pancakes and Trash |
Posted on Jan 31st, 2012 Comments (0)
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
F.O.R. Community Center
Cost $6
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Breakfast on the Bernard. Officially, Pancake Day is later this month on Shrove Tuesday, but this Saturday, pancakes are on the breakfast menu, plus scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, coffee, juice and milk. Catered by Uncommon Affairs. The coffee’s hot and so’s the conversation. Everyone’s welcome at the F.O.R. Community Center!
Adopt-A-Highway. Immediately following breakfast, volunteer to help pick up trash along a two mile stretch of road before and after the Churchill Bridge, beginning at CR 311 and ending at FM 2918. Meet at the Churchill bridge boat ramp parking lot around 10:00 a.m.
Bring a hat, gloves, sunscreen and mosquitoes repellent. Strong shoes or boots are a good idea. TXDOT AND F.O.R. supply the rest. Help keep the San Bernard looking good! |
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| Photo Needed of Sunken Wreck at Mouth |
Posted on Jan 26th, 2012 Comments (0)
Nick Fratila, F.O.R. Mouth Committee Chairman, reported that at a program presented on Wednesday, 25Jan12, by the Texas General Land Office (GLO) - Derelict Vessel and Structure division, it was stated that the sunken wreck at the mouth of San Bernard River is not in their data base. No one has yet provided a photograph of the vessel to the GLO. The photo of the vessel must be taken when it is actually visible. Once there is a photo, the GLO will be contacted to include it in their data base for future consideration of removal. Send any photos of the sunken wreck to webmaster@sanbernardriver.com
Photo Courtesy: Albert Smith, Rio Vista
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January 8, 2012
Looking northward, the mouth of the San Bernard shows the gradual silting in of the opening to the Gulf of Mexico. A large sand bar (A) is forming in front of the old river channel to the west.
Remains of a sunken shrimp boat (B) are sometimes visible in the southwest corner of the mouth, indicated by the red sunken wreck symbol. Use caution when navigating in this area.
Intentionally leaving or abandoning a vessel in or on the coastal waters, or at a public or private dock is Class A Misdemeanor punishable by fines up to $4,000, up to one year jail time, or both fine and jail time. |
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| "Digging for Dredging Dollars" |
Posted on Jan 25th, 2012 Comments (0)
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| San Bernard Watershed Stakeholder's Meeting |
Posted on Jan 25th, 2012 Comments (0)
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The first stakeholder meeting of the year is scheduled for Thursday, February 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the West Columbia Civic Center, 516 E. Brazos Avenue, West Columbia, Texas. Topics to be discussed include the Watershed Protection Plan, BMP implementation in the watershed, upcoming monitoring activities, and creating an executive summary for the Watershed Protection Plan. |
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| F.O.R. Announces Scholarship Program |
Posted on Jan 16th, 2012 Comments (0)
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San Bernard Watershed
Scholarship Program
Deadline: April 15, 2012
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Starting with the 2012 High School graduating class, the Friends of the River San Bernard $5,000 scholarship program will be awarded to five seniors living in the San Bernard Watershed area who express an interest in environmental sciences. (Read about Environmental Career Opportunities). Each student will receive a $1,000 scholarship toward actual college tuition and book expenses.
Program Guidelines:
2. Applicant must be an impending graduating high school senior the year the application is submitted.
3. Applicants may only submit one application to Friends Of the River per calendar school year.
4. The application process will begin no earlier than February 1st each calendar year.
5. The scholarship awards will be announced in early May each calendar year.
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6. Winners shall be present at the school’s awards ceremony.
7. All decisions made by the San Bernard Watershed Scholarship committee are final.
8. Scholarship considerations will be made from all submitted scholarship applications that met the program guidelines. Each complete application will be evaluated based on the provided documents to the San Bernard Watershed Scholarship committee
9. It is the responsibility of each applicant to keep Friends Of the River San Bernard apprised of any change of address and/or contact information. Failure to have adequate information will disqualify a submitted application. |
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