The annual Basin Advisory Committee (BAC) meetings to discuss issues within the basin and to receive stakeholder input are planned for the upper and lower basins. These meetings are open to the public and held in conjunction with the Rio Grande Citizens' Forum (RGCF) meetings (Click for more information on the Upper RGCF and Lower RGCF). More information on BACs is on our Participation page. The BAC meetings will be held as follows:

Basin	Date/Time	Location
Middle RG - Laredo	April 16, 2012 6:30pm-8:30pm	TBA
Middle RG - Laredo	Jan 28, 2012 9am-3pm	Rio Grande International Study Center's River of Life/River in Peril Conference, UT Health Science Center, Laredo TX
Pecos River	see below

The annual Coordinated Monitoring Meetings gather parties that are currently conducting water quality monitoring activities in that portion of the basin as well as entities such as other state agenicies that can provide input on monitoring. The group discusses the next fiscal year's monitoring schedule.

Basin	Date/Time	Location
Pecos River Coordinated Monitoring Meeting	March 19, 2012, 2 pm	TCEQ Midland, 9900 W IH-20, Suite 100, Midland TX 79706, 432/570-1359
Upper Rio Grande (Forgotten Stretch to Amistad Reservoir) Coordinated Monitoring Meeting	March 20, 2012, 1pm	Sul Ross University, Alpine TX
Upper Rio Grande (El Paso to Forgotten Stretch) Coordinated Monitoring Meeting	March 21, 2012, 1 pm	USIBWC HQ, 4171 N Mesa, C100, El Paso, TX
Middle RG Coordinated Monitoring Meeting	April 17 10-2	Laredo, TX
Lower RG Coordinated Monitoring Meeting	April 18 morning	Harlingen, TX

For more information on these meetings, please contact us.

Outreach Events

Event	Date/Time	Location	Link

Outreach Projects

World Water Day Student Drawing Contest for the 2012 Rio Grande Basin Calendar - Winning Entries are on the Gallery and printed in the 2012 calendar.
EPCC Service learning Program - providing learning opportunities and projects for students in the SLP. El Paso, TX. Find out more about EPCC SLP. Click here to find out more about IBWC-CRP partnership with EPCC SLP.

Research Projects

Laredo Bacteria Special Study sampling was conducted May and August 2011. See Studies page for more information.
Pecos Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) study was conducted by TCEQ, TPWD, and IBWC in December 2010 and January 2011. Video of the sampling is available on our Gallery page and on YouTube.

Other Activities in the Rio Grande Basin by other organizations:

Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan (WPP). Contact: Gary Bryant, Extension Program Specialist, Pecos River Watershed Coordinator, 1618 Airport Dr, Fort Stockton, TX 79735, 432-336-8585, glbryant@ag.tamu.edu
World Wetland Day at Mesilla Bosque State Park, Sat. Feb 4, 2012, 8:30-noon, 5000 Calle del Norte, Mesilla NM, 575-5234398.
6th Annual Franklin Mountains Poppies Fest on Castner Range 2012, March 31, 2012, El Paso TX, at the El Paso Museum of Archaeology at 4301 Transmountain Road

Previous events, meetings, and activities

Click here to see archived calendar/events.

Publication Updates

The Final 2011 Basin Highlights Report is available on our Publications page.
The 2011 and 2012 Rio Grande Basin Calendars are available in PDF format on our Publications page.

Special Studies and Projects

CRP also participates in a variety of studies and projects. These are updated on our Studies Page.