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Melissa Volunteer Fire Department in Collin County received a $10,000 grant topurchase a forcible entry training aid. The training aid will allow firefighters to practice emergency entries. The department would like to thank Texas A&M Forest Service for providing the grant and allowing thedepartment to increase its capabilities. As a member agency of the Texas […]

Austonio Volunteer Fire Department in Houston County received a $19,000grant for new fire and rescue equipment. The department purchased three air packs and face masks, thatwill replace old equipment. The department is making strides in protecting its firefighters. “The new equipment is safer and willmake our firefighters lives easier. They can trust the equipment now, […]

Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting applications for the 2023 Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Prevention Cost-Share Program. Applications are due by Feb. 1.

Texas A&M Forest Service held the agency’s annual personnel meeting this week. Agency employees gathered virtually from across the state to recognize accomplishments of the past year and employee achievements.

A series of tornadoes that struck Northeast Texas in early November damaged timber on more than 10,000 acres. The timber was worth an estimated $13 million.

Trees add much more than just aesthetics to our landscapes and homes.

Covington Volunteer Fire Department of Hill County, received an $18,000grant through the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. Thegrant was used to purchase rescue tools. The cutter and spreader the department bought will be used at emergency scenes where extrication isneeded. The new equipment replaces older extrication equipment. This will allow […]

Oyster Creek Community Volunteer Fire Department received a $50,000grant to purchase a small truck chassis. This grant was made possible through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The truck will be used primarily as a brush truck to improve the department’s capabilities during grassfires. The truck will also be used to pull the department’s […]

China Spring Volunteer Fire Department received a grant through the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The $220,000 grant was used to purchase a tender.

Community members will plant more than 600 mature trees on February 11 in the Kashmere Gardens Super Neighborhood as part of a Texas A&M Forest Service Green Futures partnership.