The City of Austin
When it began in 1992, Austin Youth River Watch was designed as a joint venture of LCRA and the City of Austin. Ever since, our primary sources of financial support have been Austin Water Utility and the City’s Watershed Protection Department. These competitive contracts have allowed us to achieve nearly 20 years of success. But our partnership doesn’t end there: River Watch regularly partners with scientists and educators from the City on spill detection, teacher trainings, public presentations, and more.
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Lower Colorado River Authority’s Colorado River Watch Network
Since our inception, LCRA has provided critical training and equipment to make our water-quality monitoring efforts possible. Every River Watch student must learn and follow the rigorous scientific protocols developed by LCRA’s Colorado River Watch Network program. LCRA also manages the water-quality data that our River Watchers collect — no small task! Our data are integrated with other data sets statewide, and are used by local, state, and national scientists and decision makers.
Special Friends of River Watch
We are lucky to have the following friends to partner with us and support us through donations of time, money, equipment, and more:
2200 Studios;
Les Albin;
Alta Alger;
Elise Anderson;
Kevin Anderson and the Austin Water Utility’s Center for Environmental Research;
Dani and Julia Apodaca;
the Austin Community Foundation’s Georgia B. Lucas and Joy Foundation Funds;
Austin Involved;
the Barton Springs / Edwards Aquifer Conservation District;
Jon Beall;
the Philip T. Bee Charitable Trust;
Rebecca Benz;
Oliver Bernstein;
Raj Bhattarai at the Austin Water Utility;
Jon Brandt;
BuildASign.com;
Myra Bull;
Jeanette Burris;
Fidel Campuzano;
the Colorado River Foundation;
Cook’s Canoes;
Heather Cooke;
Margie Crisp and Bill Montgomery;
Double Dave’s Pizza on Duval;
Betty Dunkerley;
Bruce Elfant;
John & Meg Erskine;
Laura Esparza;
Charles Freeman;
GiveAsYouGet.com;
Bill Glover;
Jack and Jackie Goodman;
David Greene;
Francie Greene;
Ginny Guerrero;
Grace Hadrous;
Wes and Karen Halverson;
Scott Harris;
Julia Harrod;
Matt Hendrix;
Sara Hilgers;
I Live Here, I Give Here;
Kristi Isacksen;
Todd Jackson at the City’s Watershed Protection Department;
Greg Johnson;
Dave Kettler of Kettler Roofing;
Jennifer Knauth;
KUT Austin;
Gina LaMotte;
the Langwater Foundation;
LCRA Employees’ United Charities;
Marc LeFebre;
the Lola Wright Foundation;
Robert McCurdy;
Greg Meszaros at the Austin Water Utility;
Lindsay Olinde;
Gene and Gerald Palmer;
Ed Peacock at the City’s Watershed Protection Department;
Pearson Education;
Marion Rader;
REI;
Rhino Moon Captioning;
Pat and Dick Richardson;
Jason Rotan;
the Save Barton Creek Association;
Greg Schepens;
the Shield-Ayres Foundation;
Stacy Sodolak Photography;
Ginsie Stauss;
the Sustainable Food Center;
Texas Mutual Insurance Company;
the Texas Natural History Collections (especially Dean Hendrickson and his team with the Fishes of Texas) at UT-Austin’s Texas Natural Science Center;
Texas Nature Trackers;
Texas Rowing Center;
TreeFolks;
Urban Roots;
URS;
Caroline Valentine and Valentine HR;
Viewfinder Productions’ Jim and Michelle Canning;
Thomas Welsh;
Jeff White;
Jessica Wilson and her team at the City’s Watershed Protection Department;
Whole Earth Provision Co.;
Wilbarger Creek Conservation Alliance;
Monica Maldonado Williams and GivingCity; and
Zilker Park Boat Rentals
