Texas Aquatic Science Chapter 14 Video Introduction

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We are all connected by water. All living things need water. The earth has a remarkable system of transporting and recycling water for our use. Because we live on a planet, with a finite supply of water, we must take care of our natural resources, especially the water we use where we live. It doesn’t matter if we are a community of humans or a community of aquatic plants and animals, we all live downstream of someone or some organism that needs and uses the water. We should treat the water that we use the same way we hope the water we use was treated by others.  To a large extent in Texas, water quality and quantity within a watershed is linked to the actions of the people who live, work, and play within its boundaries. There are some laws that exist to make sure we, and aquatic life, have adequate clean water. There are some ways that water gets polluted or used up that are not the subject of strong laws. In these cases, education, use of science, best practices, a conservation ethic, and personal voluntary choices and actions are needed to ensure water sustainability for Texas.– Texas Aquatic Science Chapter 14: Water for People and the Environment

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Texas Aquatic Science is a cooperative education project sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife, The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. Additional project support came from the Ewing Halsell Foundation and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sport Fish Restoration Program. Rudolph Rosen, Ph.D. wrote and edited the Texas Aquatic Science textbook. Videos were produced by Randall Maxwell. Sandra Johnson, Ph.D. served as educational consultant and authored the accompanying Teacher’s Guide.