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Marty Graham Re-Elected to Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board

TEMPLE - Marty H. Graham of Rocksprings, Texas, was re-elected May 6, 2014, to serve a successive term on the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB).

Graham represents TSSWCB State District Two, which consists of 51 counties in the western to trans-Pecos region of Texas. District Two encompasses 43 soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs).

As the lead agency for the state of Texas in addressing agricultural and silvicultural forms of nonpoint source pollution, the TSSWCB also offers a technical assistance program for the State's 216 SWCDs for the planning, management and abatement of agricultural and silvicultural nonpoint source pollution. The TSSWCB maintains regional offices in strategic locations in the state to help carry out the agency's water quality responsibilities.

The TSSWCB board of directors consists of five elected members and two gubernatorial appointees who must be actively engaged in farming or ranching. The five TSSWCB members are chosen in a convention type election by SWCD directors in the State District in which the TSSWCB member represents.

Graham, who is the current chairman of the TSSWCB, is a former member on the board of directors of the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts (ATSWCDs). In addition he is a member of the ATSWCDs Committee of 100. Graham is also a past president of the Hill Country Association of SWCDs.

Graham has been a director on the Upper Nueces-Frio SWCD since 1988 where he currently serves as chairman of the District Board. The Upper Nueces-Frio SWCD has its headquarters in Rocksprings.

In other areas of agricultural leadership Graham is currently a director with the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association and a director on the Mohair Council of America.

Graham has been raising cattle and goats on a ranching operation in Edwards County for more than 27 years. He also has a white-tailed deer, turkey, and exotics hunting operation on the ranch.

Graham lives on the family ranch north of Rocksprings in Edwards County with his wife Joyce, and son, Grayson. "The whole family is involved in ranching and conservation," said Graham.

The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board administers Texas’ soil and water conservation law and delivers coordinated natural resource conservation programs through the State’s 216 soil and water conservation districts. The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board is the lead agency for planning, implementing, and managing programs for preventing and abating agricultural and silvicultural nonpoint sources of water pollution. The agency also administers a water supply enhancement program to increase available surface and ground water through the targeted control of water-depleting brush; works to ensure the State’s network of 2,000 flood control dams are protecting lives and property; and facilitates the Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee.

"Protecting and Enhancing Natural Resources since 1939."

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