Category: Water Stewardship

• Water Stewardship Reading List

  To understand the future of water in Texas (and beyond), you need to understand how water works. These books will help explain water stewardship, how the water cycle works, and how water affects our ecosystems.

  Erin Stenzel

  December 4, 2025

  Reading Lists, Water Stewardship

  book, conservation, list, master naturalist, reading, water

• Oceans Reading List

  While oceans aren’t a main part of our ecosystem here in central Texas, it’s still good to learn about the world around us. Oceans impact the weather, filtration of freshwater, and is a major aspect of migrating birds and animals.

  Erin Stenzel

  December 4, 2025

  Oceans, Reading Lists, Water Stewardship

  book, conservation, ecology, list, master naturalist, ocean, reading, water

• Children’s Reading List

  While the main idea for this list to to provide kid-friendly books that help kids learn about these sometimes complex topics, I am not above admitting that when I am trying to understand a topic I will often start at the kid level to grasp the concept before a full deep dive into a topic.

  Erin Stenzel

  November 20, 2025

  Dark Skies / Astronomy, entomology, Oceans, Ornithology, Owls, Reading Lists, Urban EcoSystems

  appropriate, book, children, conservation, ecosystem, kid, kid-friendly, list, master naturalist

• CER Lecture Reading List

  Austin Water Center for Environmental Research or CER promotes this lecture series, led by Dr Kevin M. Anderson. This year the topic is the Geography of Urban Nature. The CER lectures are year long series of lunchtime talks held monthly in several locations in and around Austin – here is a list of the sessions…

  Erin Stenzel

  July 7, 2025

  Reading Lists, riparian, Urban EcoSystems, Water Stewardship

  Austin Water, book, CER, lecture, list, management, master naturalist, reading, riparian, water