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Texas A&M Forest Service is hosting a prescribed fire landowner workshop in Junction, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 18. The workshop is designed to assist landowners, prescribed burn managers and prescribed burn associations in West Texas with fundamentals, tactics and best practices of using prescribed fire as a land management tool. Continuing education unit credits for […]

The Texas A&M Forest Service Leadership Institute hosted the kick-off session for its sixth cohort Oct. 7 to 9 in San Antonio. The institute is a leadership program that offers a transformative experience for participants, hoping to leave a deep and lasting effect on their ability to lead in daily environments. The vision of the […]

The 27th annual Capital Area Interagency Wildfire and Incident Management Academy begins at the Camp Swift National Guard Facility in Bastrop, Texas, next week. The academy will take place Oct. 7-20, 2025. Each year, federal, state, local and private firefighters travel from across the state and nation to attend the academy to continue their education […]

Texas A&M Forest Service hosted the fifth annual Sisters in Fire event Sept. 27 at Del Mar College-West Campus FEMA Dome. Thirty participants from eighth through 12th grades across 11 counties in Texas attended the event. Texas A&M Forest Service seeks to promote careers in wildland firefighting and natural resource professions. One of the ways […]

Yesterday, the Texas Tree Award winners were presented at the 45th annual Texas Tree Conference in Waco, Texas, by Texas A&M Forest Service and the Texas Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture. The Texas Tree Awards Program recognizes the accomplishments of community members, organizations and programs that use their talents and resources to protect, […]

Texas A&M Forest Service Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications, Linda Moon, received the Tom Boggus Current Achievement Award for Communications from the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) in Waimea, Hawai’i last week.

Hughes Simpson, Texas A&M Forest Service Assistant Director, External Affairs, received the Laurence C. Walker Distinguished Service to Forestry Award at the Western Gulf States Society of American Foresters meeting in Bossier City, Louisiana. Simpson, a graduate of Clemson University, began his career with Texas A&M Forest Service in 2000 as a Forester in Lufkin […]

Troy Poe, Texas A&M Forest Service Fire Coordinator, was sworn in as a Texas A&M Forest Service Law Enforcement additional duty officer today. As an additional duty officer, Poe will assist in investigating Texas wildfires, predominantly in South Texas. Poe will also continue his full-time role as a Texas A&M Forest Service Fire Coordinator in […]

Texas A&M Forest Service is now accepting applications for the Watershed Protection Plan Implementation grant, aiding communities in implementing active watershed protection plans. The grant will support up to 15 grants over five years to implement tree and forestry components of watershed protection plans previously approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or the […]

As dove season begins in Texas, it’s important for hunters to remain alert and take proactive steps to prevent wildfires. Pockets of dry vegetation remain in areas where recent rainfall has been limited, including the Rolling Plains, Eastern Hill Country, South Texas and Lower Gulf Coast. In late August and early September, these areas could […]