With stay-at-home orders being lifted, school ending early, and summer here, the number of boats on Lake Conroe waters increases every single day. The lake level is bobbing at 200 feet above mean sea level (msl), [...]
With the increase of boating traffic on Lake Conroe, it is even more important to watch out for hitchhikers! Invasive zebra mussels first made their debut in Texas in 2009 at Lake Texoma. Since that time, [...]
SJRA Stormwater Inlet Marking (SwIM) Program Most people do not realize the rain water that flows down our streets, over parking lots, through parks and yards, and into open drains flows directly into Lake Conroe. Our [...]
By: Shane Simpson, Lake Conroe Division. SJRA has a long history of involvement and direct support for various external efforts in the San Jacinto River Basin related to water resources management. One of these important [...]
By: Bret Raley, SJRA Lake Conroe Division Manager. The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) receives inquiries from the public on a wide variety of issues. Regardless of whether the questions are received via email, webmail, social [...]
By: David Sidney, Lake Conroe Division. Thousands—if not hundreds of thousands—of people will visit Lake Conroe during the next few months. Whether for a summer vacation or weekend getaway, Montgomery County’s largest recreational lake provides many [...]
Working in the water business often feels like a roller coaster ride between too much and too little. May has been one of those months of “too much,” although after the drought years our area has suffered [...]
The total volume of Lewis Creek Reservoir is only 17,000 acre-feet. Even if the entire volume were to be released into Lake Conroe, it would only result in about an 8 or 9 inch rise in lake level.
A Conroe multi-organizational coalition is being recognized with the state's highest environmental honor, the 2013 Texas Environmental Excellence Award in the Civic/Community category.
Establishment of submersed aquatic plant founder colonies in Lake Conroe required: 1) a source of plants and 2) protection from grazing by grass carp and other herbivores for some species. We used the following as a general outline for founder colony establishment.
