2005 Awards
In 2005, FORG and Texas Watch established a volunteer monitoring network in Laredo, TX and Texas Watch has certified 13 teachers and 2 trainers from Laredo and 18 teachers and 5 trainers from Nuevo Laredo. FORG provided Texas Watch with 25 water quality testing kits.
FORG assisted the Amistad Lake NPS with a lake clean-up of the Amistad Lake recreational areas in Del Rio, TX. Volunteers collected over 2000 pounds of trash, including 21 tires, from around the lake.
Listed below are the awards given out by FORG in 2005:
Awardee |
Award |
The Rio Bosque Wetlands Park |
Weather station and teaching station |
Groundwork El Paso |
Pamphlet publication |
Paso Del Norte Watershed Council |
Outreach based website |
International Museum of Art and Science |
Mobile water quality teaching station |
University of Texas - Brownsville |
Water quality classroom equipment |
Laredo Community College |
Educational teaching kits and native habitat trail equipment |
Sabal Palm Sanctuary |
Materials to contstruct a classroom near the river |
Amistad National Park |
Water quality education kits |
All of the above named awardees were presented with a plaque in thanks for their commitment to environmental education and outreach.
Visit the USIBWC Clean Rivers Program website. |
