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January 3, 2024
Program for January 3, 2024 - Topic: Rain Gardens
Charriss York Program, Director, Green Infrastructure for Texas, and her colleague Celina Lowry.
Charriss York is a Program Director for the Texas Community Watershed Partners, a
program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service through the Disaster
Assessment and Recovery Unit. York leads the Green Infrastructure for Texas or
GIFT team that works with communities to find nature-based solutions to manage
stormwater for both flooding and water quality benefits. Charriss has worked with
communities in Galveston and Harris Counties to implement on the ground
examples of green infrastructure and stormater wetlands. York joined the TCWP
team in 2006, in 2008 she took over the stormwater program, and in 2020 she
became one of two TCWP Program Directors. Charriss holds a B.S. in Biology from
Truman State University and a M.S. in Botany from Oklahoma State University.
