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MARION, Texas — West Mountain Volunteer Fire Department (Upshur County) donated two Type IIfire engines to Gray Volunteer Fire Department (Marion County) in a direct donation through the TexasA&M Forest Service’s Helping Hands program. Winter Storm Uri in 2021 caused catastrophic freeze damage to Gray Volunteer Fire Department’s fireengines. Because of an annual operating budget […]

The second of three men indicted in a timber theft investigation in Liberty County was convicted of engaging in organized criminal activity this month.

HART, Texas — The Hart Volunteer Fire Department of Castro County received a $220,000 grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program to purchase a large brush truck. The 2022 Freightliner has a 1,500-gallon tank. The primary function of the brush truck is to fight brush fires and provide mutual […]

Texas A&M Forest Service District Forester Jason Ellis has been awarded the 2022 Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Public Service in Forestry.

Texas A&M Forest Service firefighting resources are prepared to respond to wildfires as a cold front moves into the state this week.

Texas A&M Forest Service has awarded $522,162 in grants to Texas landowners for the treatment of more than 18,000 acres with prescribed burning.

WOODSON, Texas — The Woodson Volunteer Fire Department received a surplus military vehicle, provided by the Texas A&M Forest Service through the Department of Defense Fire Firefighter Property Program. The department also received a $20,000 grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program to install a slip-on unit to the truck.  The truck has […]

Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting applications for a pair of $50,000 grants to promote healthy trees and forests.

Since Jan. 1, firefighters with Texas A&M Forest Service and local fire departments saved 8,056 homes in the path of wildfire. Many of those homes had the first layers of protection — defensible space and fire-resistant construction materials — before fire crews arrived.

Many enjoy having a real Christmas tree for the holidays. And when the holidays are over, there are several eco-friendly ways to dispose or recycle a Christmas tree.