Posted: March 24, 2008
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SEGUIN - Governor Rick Perry recently appointed Lockhart resident Oscar Fogle as newest director to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA). Fogle, who was administered the oath of office by Caldwell County Judge H.T. Wright during commissioners court, will serve on GBRA's Board of Directors through February 2014.
Fogle replaces John Schneider, Jr., the director who formerly represented Caldwell County with GBRA.
Fogle operates commercial cattle business and conducts several wildlife management practices. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired from a career with Exxon Corporation. As a member of Exxon's International Oil Spill Response Team, Fogle was a Deputy Taskforce Commander during the Exxon Valdez oil spill clean-up operations.
Fogle attended Texas A&I University, now known as Texas A&M-Kingsville. He is a past president of the Texas A&I Alumni Association, and is serving his thirteenth year on the Board of Trustees for the Texas A&M-Kingsville Foundation.
Fogle serves as chair of the Agricultural Advisory Committee for the Caldwell County Appraisal District, is an active member of the Caldwell County Republican Party,
a life member of the National Rifle Association and Texas State Rifle Association, an amateur radio operator, and a pilot. Fogle is a member of the First United Methodist Church-Lockhart, where he is a certified lay speaker and serves as the vice-chair of the Board of Trustees.
GBRA is governed by nine directors, appointed by the Governor of the State of Texas and confirmed by the Senate. The 10 counties in the GBRA statutory district are represented on a rotating basis. Each director serves a six-year term with three directors appointed or re-appointed every two years.
The GBRA was established by the Texas Legislature in 1933 as a water conservation and reclamation district. GBRA provides stewardship for the water resources in its 10-county statutory district, which begins near the headwaters of the Guadalupe and Blanco rivers, ends at San Antonio Bay, and includes Kendall, Comal, Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Gonzales, DeWitt, Victoria, Calhoun, and Refugio counties.
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