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Even though it’s the Christmas season, autumn is still here and leaves are continuing to fall across the state, building up and around our homes and yards.

The Christmas tree business is merry and bright, with farms specializing in the traditional holiday decoration reporting brisk sales.

Mistletoe is commonly associated with Christmas cheer and sneaking a kiss beneath a bough in a doorway on a cold winter night.

Students from the Houston area got a chance to explore the W.G. Jones State Forest in Conroe during Texas A&M Forest Service’s “Classroom Without Walls” program.

Billy Whitworth, Assistant Chief Regional Fire Coordinator for Texas A&M Forest Service, has been named one of 11 winners of the Regents Fellow Service Award.

Kaufman Volunteer Fire Department has purchased a training door prop througha grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The department will use the training door prop to practice forcible entry scenarios. Using this prop willhelp emergency responders enter emergency situations faster and more effectively. The Kaufman Volunteer Fire Department […]

West Lake Limestone Volunteer Fire Department received a grant through theTexas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program to purchase trainingaids. The $10,000 grant aided in the purchase of an Intelligent Training System Base Unit andcontroller. The equipment will be used to provide live fire training to members of the department. It will […]

Putting the right tree in the right place will help avoid future problems and bolster the benefits the tree provides over its lifetime.

Gray County has adopted a plan to reduce risks and better prepare for wildfires.

Texas A&M Forest Service urges all Texans, and especially outdoor enthusiasts, to help reduce the spread of oak wilt and invasive insects by taking preventive measures and being knowledgeable when collecting and purchasing firewood.