Response to commentary on "Effect of brush control on evapotranspiration in the North Concho River watershed using the eddy covariance technique" by Wilcox et al. (2010)

Notwithstanding the differing professional opinion of our colleagues, the authors of this article stand by our concluding statement that brush control offers great potential for increasing water yield in the Concho River Watershed. The commenting authors are not disputing our basic finding that decreases in tree cover and density decrease evapotranspiration; rather, they dispute our statement that these seemingly modest differences will translate to meaningful changes in water supply in this watershed. Hence, we find ourselves defending not the methods and findings of our research, but rather our assertion regarding the implications of our findings.