Please Help Protect the Medina River

We would like to have you join us in an effort to provide enduring protection for the most valuable natural resource in Bandera County, the Medina River.

The Lake Medina Conservation Society (LAMCOS), the Texas River Protection Association and friends of the river have worked with the Bandera Community Foundation to create the Medina River Protection Fund, an endowment fund to provide ongoing support for the annual river cleanup.

We hope you will join us by boat or by land for the Eighth Annual Medina River Cleanup on May 3, 2008. Rain or drought, the Medina River Cleanup will be held without fail on that day. Each year between 100 and 200 people from cities and towns across Texas come to clean up the river, its banks and crossings

Registration will be from 9-12 AM at the Bandera City Park at the dam. Your donations go to grow the fund and cover the expenses for the annual river cleanup. You can help spread the word about the river cleanup by printing and distributing the attached flier: 2008 Cleanup Flier.

Our goal in 2008 is to raise an additional $8,000 so that interest from the fund endowment can ensure that this community service will continue every year in perpetuity.

If you would like to support this effort with a tax deductible donation, please make your check payable to "BCF"(Bandera Community Foundation) . Write "Medina River Protection Fund" in the memo line and mail to:

The Medina River Protection Fund
P.O. Box 417
Lakehills, Texas 78063

Thank you for your participation and your donation. With your help, we can ensure a future for the Medina River amid the growth and development that is taking place in Bandera County.

Find out how the Medina River is flowing at the dam in Bandera: USGS Real-Time Water Data for Medina River Website: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=08178880