Large scale wildlife habitat restoration project to happen on Jones State Forest
There will be a group of veterans from Team Rubicon on the William Goodrich Jones State Forest between May 25 through June 2 conducting restoration work to improve potential red-cockaded woodpecker nesting and foraging areas. 

Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program Commemorates 50 Years
This year marks 50 years since the Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program (WGFTIP) was established in 1969. The program formalized the collaborative tree improvement efforts led by Texas A&M Forest Service.

Suspect pleads guilty to second degree felony timber theft in Cherokee County

A suspected timber thief plead guilty this week to a Second Degree Felony of Unauthorized Harvesting of Timber valued between $100,000 and $200,000. Thomas Curtis Fields, 49, of Frankston, Texas, harvested timber on private property near Jacksonville, Texas in Cherokee County without the landowner’s knowledge or permission.