Governor Greg Abbott has reappointed Weldon Riggs to the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District. Riggs will serve a term that ends on February 1, 2029. The District oversees efforts to preserve and manage underground water resources in Wilson, Atascosa, Karnes, and Frio counties.
Weldon Riggs is a cattle rancher from the Black Hill Community in Atascosa County. He raises angus cattle in both Atascosa and Bexar counties. Riggs is involved with several organizations, including being a member and former director of the Independent Cattlemen’s Association of Texas, as well as a member of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the Texas State Teachers Association.
Riggs also participates in community activities such as serving as a committeeman for the San Antonio Livestock Exposition School Tours Committee and construction co-chair for Christmas Village Ministries. He represents agriculture interests for the South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group Region L, volunteers with the Blackhill Volunteer Fire Department, serves on the board of the South Texas Weather Modification Association, and is records sexton and former president of the Oak Island Cemetery Association.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences and a Master of Education in Agriculture Education from Texas A&M University.
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