05/15/2026
When you enjoy what you do for a living this much - is it truly work?
We had an amazing week of field work this week. Our studies included bacteria sampling in White Oak & Rock creeks - a project that we are collaborating with Texas Water Resources Institute; a human contact recreation study of swimming areas and parks at Lake Cypress Springs for Franklin County Water District, and assisting the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on a metals in fish tissue sampling on Lake O’ the Pines. For the Lake O’ the Pines study, we collected in Big Cypress Creek and in the headwaters and in the coves of the middle portion of the reservoir.
Weeks like this one remind us of how fortunate that we are to have chosen careers in the aquatic sciences. The weather was absolutely perfect along with the pleasure of working with a group of incredible scientists.
