Class Topics: 

• The historical, economic and environmental importance of the Brazos River
• Contemporaty threats to Brazos River water quality.

Readings:     

Edward T. Wimberley's Homegrown Ecopragmatics. Chapters 6-7

Homework Assignment:           

1. Briefly describe the salient environmental, demographic and environmental charchteristics of the Brazos River from its headwaters to its entry into the Gulf of Mexico.
2. Why is water salinity such an issue throughout the Brazos watershed?
3. What are the most significant threats to the Brazos River as it approaches the Gulf of Mexico/
4. Describe the principal stakeholders in the Friends of the Brazos case study.