Pelicans feasting on dead and dying fish from golden algae below Lake Granbury.
Photos courtesy of Josh Rosenfeld

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Hello Giant Salvinia Goodbye Texas Lakes (5/29/10)

Giant salvinia is one of hundreds of invasive species changing the very landscape of Texas. Giant salvinia suffocates fish, chokes lakes and can double in size every seven days. It forces out native plants and threatens the fishing and boating recreation we now enjoy. And if giant salvinia is allowed to take over Texas lakes, it won't be our Texas anymore. Read More....
Photographer: Ted D. Center Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org .

Baylor Researchers Identify What Makes Deadly Algae More Toxic (Nov. 5, 2009)

Baylor University researchers have identified a key component that increases the toxicity of golden algae (Prymnesium parvum), which kills millions of fish in the southern U.S. every year. The Baylor study is the first to determine what makes the deadly golden algae more potent in inland waters. The results have been published the journal Toxicon. While golden algae is primarily a coastal species, it has been found in Texas rivers and lakes, including Lake Whitney and Lake Waco in Central Texas, and Lake Granbury in North Texas. Read more....

The John Graves Scenic Riverway Photographic Exhibit “Life of the Brazos” (Aug 2009)

The Brazos River Conservation Coalition (BRCC), in conjunction with the Photography Group of the Lake Granbury Art Association, hosted the John Graves Scenic Riverway (JGSR) Photographic Exhibit July 18 - August 14, at Granbury Square Plaza. The purpose of the exhibit, themed Life of the Brazos, was to promote and celebrate the extension of the John Graves Scenic Riverway.

The exhibit aroused interest in preserving the natural resources and high quality of life provided by the Brazos River and its accompanying tributaries and lakes, such as Lake Granbury. Visitors to the exhibit received educational literature on water quality and pollution, stormwater management, septic systems and other watershed-related topics.

Resolutions adopted by Commissioner's Court of Hood County (July 2009)

Whereas, the Brazos River is the longest river in the State of Texas, with a watershed stretching from New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico; intertwined with Texas history, the Brazos River was well-known to early Spanish explorers, who called it "Los Brazos de Dios" or "the arms of God" and
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