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BLOOMBURG, Texas –- As a first line of defense against wildland fires, volunteer fire departments play avital role in the protection of the rural areas of Texas. Cass County ESD #3 enhanced their fleet with aStewart Stevenson military truck thanks to the Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program that waslaunched in Texas in 2005 by […]

MARLIN, Texas – Marlin Volunteer Fire Department was first to be called out to what became the 96-acreRice Road fire. Their new excess military truck addition was instrumental in helping the department fight a sixhour long battle along with other area fire departments and Texas A&M Forest Service. “The Stewart Stevenson did very well in […]

Texas A&M Forest Service and the Texas Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture recognized the Texas Community Forestry Award winners today at the Annual Texas Tree Conference in Waco, Texas.

Noonday Volunteer Fire Department increased the department’s rescue capacity byadding battery powered rescue tools to their cache. “Noonday VFD added two sets of extrication tools to their engines with a grant from the Texas A&M ForestService Rural VFD Assistance Program and another entity,” said Texas A&M Forest Service Regional FireCoordinator Josh Bardwell. “The VFD has […]

The Funding Connector website is a clearinghouse for information about various natural resource programs that offer financial assistance to Texas landowners. This site helps landowners quickly determine if they are eligible for these programs. The Funding Connector is located on the Texas Forest Information Portal. To access it, go to texasforestinfo.tamu.edu/fundingconnector. Once there, you can search available […]

Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department received the first new addition to their fleet in twenty years thanks to a cost share grant through the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. “We are very pleased to receive a grant to help purchase a new 1,500-gallon water tender,” said Lakeview VFD Fire Chief Bob […]

Texas A&M Forest Service and the Texas Longleaf Pine Implementation Team have funding available for private landowners interested in restoring and enhancing longleaf pine ecosystems on their property.

Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting grant applications to offset the cost of prescribed burning on private lands for Central and East Texas landowners through September 30, 2021.

The Texas A&M University System approved a resolution today honoring Thomas G. Boggus, the former Director of Texas A&M Forest Service.

Clinton Moore, 61, of Nacogdoches, Texas, was arrested August 24, 2021 in Cherokee County for Timber Purchase as a Trustee with Intent to Defraud on timber valued between $20,000 – $100,000, a third degree felony.