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As wildfire risk continues to affect many areas of Texas, mitigation projects like mechanical fuel reduction and prescribed fire fill a vital role in protecting lives and property while supporting long-term community safety.

A total of $140,000 is available through the program to reimburse landowners, organizations and municipalities across Texas for 75% of eligible invasive plant treatment or removal costs, up to $7,000 per landowner.

As of Sept. 4, the Ross Fire is estimated at 90,400 acres, and 38% is contained. The wildfire has destroyed 167 structures, including 18 occupied residences and damaged 95 structures. Local and state firefighters have saved 453 structures and no fatalities have been reported.

As hunting season begins in September, Texas A&M Forest Service encourages Texans to help protect the state’s lands and natural resources by being mindful of activities that could cause a wildfire.

­­­Texas A&M Forest Service today launched the Texas Prescribed Burn Manager Insurance Program to provide liability protection for qualified certified and insured prescribed burn managers. The program was established in response to House Bill 2563 in an effort to increase the use of prescribed fire as a wildfire mitigation tool by reducing liability barriers faced […]

Emerald ash borer is an invasive wood-boring beetle responsible for the death of hundreds of millions of ash trees across North America. Since its first detection in Texas in 2016, the insect has continued to expand its range, threatening all 16 native ash species in both urban and forested environments.

A collaborative research project between Texas A&M Forest Service and partners across the country found a new approach for reducing tree mortality from southwestern pine beetles, a bark beetle affecting ponderosa pine forests in West Texas.

Texas A&M Forest Service acquires three new multi-mission aircraft for aviation fleet.

The grants will fund projects led by local governments, school districts and nonprofit organizations that focus on community resilience, human health, workforce development and tree planting and maintenance. Together, these efforts will help communities address local needs while increasing the environmental, economic and social benefits that healthy urban forests provide.

Texas A&M Forest Service commissioned Tyler Sanders as its newest law enforcement investigator during a swearing-in ceremony Thursday at agency headquarters in College Station.