Plum Creek Watershed Partnership

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Plum Creek Watershed Partnership

Working to build awareness of the Plum Creek watershed and its natural systems.

Plum Creek Watershed Partnership provides channels of communication that integrate the plans and efforts of people and organizations working to benefit the watershed.

08/26/2026

Happy National Dog Day! 🐶

Did you know that 1 gram of dog waste can contain as many as 23 million f***l coliform bacteria?! Keep your watershed healthy by doing your duty. Scoop your dog's doody.

08/25/2026

Celebrate water with us during World Water Week! Water is important to us every day, but August 23-27 is recognized as World Water Week. Today’s actions could impact tomorrow’s water.

Not sure how to protect water quality?
🌻Plant native plants.
🐶Pick up after your pet.
🌱Leave your lawn clippings and properly apply fertilizer.
🪠Properly maintain your septic system.
🛢️Properly dispose of oil, paint, and other hazardous waste.

How will you keep Plum Creek healthy and flowing?

08/12/2026

Bring your little explorer out to Navarro Springs Park for Story Stream, a literacy-based environmental education program for children ages 4-8 and their families!

This month, we will be reading Drop by Emily Kate Moon and crafting water cycle bracelets!

Through engaging books and hands-on activities, Story Stream introduces children to water conservation, pollution, and how to care for their watershed.

📅 Sept. 9th
🕛 10:00 - 10:30 AM
📍 Navarro Springs Park (800 N Blanco St., Lockhart, Texas)

08/05/2026

Only 5 days to go until our Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters program! Have you registered?

Learn about the design and installation of residential rainwater harvesting systems, proper fertilization methods, and turf/landscape species.

Grab a soil sample bag for a free analysis!
📅Monday, August 10th
🕰️1:00-5:00 PM
📍San Marcos Public Library
Meeting Room A
625 E. Hopkins Street, San Marcos, Texas
🔗Register using the link in our bio

08/03/2026

🚨Reminder! If you plan to participate the Texas Well Owner Network program, water samples are due at one of the four drop-off locations:
📍Caldwell County AgriLife Extension Office
📍Plum Creek Conservation District Office
📍Luling Foundation Farm
📍Hays County AgriLife Extension Office
by 11 AM tomorrow, August 4th. Samples should be collected within 24 hours of submittal time and kept cold. Each sample is $15 and requires a sample information form.
Results will be interpreted on August 5th from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at the Luling Foundation Farm.
This is a great opportunity for private well owners to learn how to better understand, manage, and protect their water sources, to help keep their water safe and sustainable.
Please visit https://plumcreekwatershed.org/texas-well-owner-network-well-educated-event/ for more information

07/29/2026

Texas Well Owner Network will be hosting a program on August 5th from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM at the Luling Foundation Farm.

This is a great opportunity for private well owners to learn how to better understand, manage, and protect their water sources, to help keep their water safe and sustainable.

Water samples can be dropped off by 11 AM on August 4th at the Hays County AgriLife Extension Office, Caldwell County AgriLife Extension Office, Plum Creek Conservation District Office, or Luling Foundation Farm. Samples are $15 each and must be submitted with sample information form. Please visit https://plumcreekwatershed.org/texas-well-owner-network-well-educated-event/ for more information.

07/27/2026

Want to keep a green lawn but worried about your water bill? Not sure what your soil needs?

Join us on August 10th for Healthy Lawns and Healthy Waters. Experts will talk about the design and installation of residential rainwater harvesting systems, proper fertilization methods, and turf/landscape species.

Grab a soil sample bag for a free analysis!
📅Monday, August 10th
🕰️1:00-5:00 PM
📍San Marcos Public Library
Meeting Room A
625 E. Hopkins Street, San Marcos, Texas
🔗Register at: https://hlhw.tamu.edu/workshops/

07/24/2026

Happy 17th Anniversary of the Plum Creek Watershed Protection Plan!

Approved by the Environmental Protection Agency on July 24, 2009, the Plum Creek WPP became the first EPA-approved WPP in Texas.

We are grateful for nearly two decades of community partnership and continued progress in the Plum Creek Watershed.

To celebrate, drop your favorite picture or memory of Plum Creek or one of its tributaries below!

07/23/2026

We now interrupt your doomscrolling to bring you 9 seconds of peace from Town Branch, a Plum Creek tributary.

07/21/2026

Bring your little explorer out to Navarro Springs Park for Story Stream, a literacy-based environmental education program for children ages 4-8 and their families!

Through engaging books and hands-on activities, Story Stream introduces children to water conservation, pollution, and how to care for their watershed.

📅 Wednesday, July 22nd
🕛 10:00 - 10:30 AM
📍 Navarro Springs Park (800 N Blanco St., Lockhart, Texas)

Address

405 E. Market Street
Lockhart, TX
78644

Website

http://plumcreekwatershed.org/, https://linktr.ee/pcwatershed

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