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In a year of firsts, Texas A&M Forest Service held the agency’s annual personnel meeting virtually. Spanning statewide, agency employees gathered together through space and time to recognize the past year’s agency accomplishments, employee achievements and to set the tone for the coming year.

Texans from across the state gathered today in the City of Harker Heights to celebrate Texas Arbor Day and grow new Texas traditions.

TROY, Texas — Troy Volunteer Fire Department received a $14,000 cost-share grant to help purchaseequipment (slip-on unit) to transform a truck into a firefighting apparatus. The grant was through the RuralVolunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “The primary mission for this new slip-on unit will be wildland firefighting,” said Troy […]

[Jump straight to the maps] This month’s map depicts the prevalence of shortleaf pine in East Texas. I used Forest Inventory and Analysis data to compute the percent basal area of shortleaf pine, for trees 5” in diameter and above, on each plot at the last time it was measured (between 2015 and 2019). Management recommendations target […]

With hunting season underway, many hunters and campers across the state are headed to the wild outdoors. This greater movement of people into wildland areas increases the potential for human-caused wildfires to start.

Texas A&M Forest Service launched an application today to help users quickly identify the root of a tree’s problem, whether it be caused by insects, diseases or other factors.

ROYCE CITY, Texas -– Thanks to a $100,000 grant, Union Valley VFD now has a new brush truck in theirfleet. The cost-share grant is through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered byTexas A&M Forest Service. “Our department is very grateful to have a new, reliable 2020 response apparatus that was designed by five […]

Crosby Volunteer Fire Department received an $18,500 cost share grant through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. The grant helped to purchase two new Jaws-of-Life. “Our department is pleased to have received an HB2604 grant to help purchase two battery powered cutters that are not only portable but […]

Hurricane Delta, the second hurricane to threaten Texas in as many months, made landfall on October 9th, 2020, near Creole, Louisiana, as a Category-2 hurricane. No hurricane-force winds occurred in Texas. Maximum sustained winds of 39 to 57 miles per hour affected approximately the same area in East Texas that experienced hurricane- or tropical storm-force […]

The latest update to the Timber Supply Analysis application brings you standard reports for the entire southern region – as a whole. So just how much timber does the South have? Measurement Data Area 202 million acres of timberland Volume 389 billion cubic feet of timber Weight 12 billion green short tons of timber Growth […]