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Texas has entered its winter wildfire and prescribed fire season. In the coming weeks, Texas A&M Forest Service will be conducting several prescribed fires in Bastrop County.

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents have recognized James B. Rooni of Texas A&M Forest Service as a 2017-2018 Regents Fellow Service Award recipient.

Landowners in the high plains region of Texas who construct vegetative fuel breaks on their property may be eligible for reimbursement.

Flint-Gresham Volunteer Fire Department added a forcible entry training door totheir cache of training tools. The purchase was made possible with a cost share grant through the RuralVolunteer Fire Department Assistance Program administered by Texas A&M Forest Service. “The forcible entry training door will allow this department to hone their skills on accessing structuresmore safely […]

Texas A&M AgriLife has awarded Joel Hambright, Regional Forester for Texas A&M Forest Service, the 2018 Vice Chancellor’s Award in Excellence for Public Service in Forestry.

Chinese tallow is an invasive species spreading through Texas forests. It threatens our ecosystems by outcompeting native vegetation, degrading soil conditions, and negatively impacting wildlife. Its leaves and fruit are literally toxic! An important part of managing an invasive species is knowing where it is occurring and how its distribution is changing over time. Through Forest […]

GROVETON, Texas — Groveton Fire Department Association (FD) accepted a Texas A&M Forest ServiceRural Volunteer Fire Department cost-share grant to help purchase a 2018 F550 small brush truck. “This new truck is replacing an older vehicle and will be a very versatile, dual-function apparatus,” saidGroveton Fire Chief Glenn Hammond. “It will not only be used […]

Seale-Round Prairie Volunteer Fire Department received an $18,300 costshare grant through the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department AssistanceProgram. The grant helped the department purchase rescue tools. “The new electric Jaws of Life tools are an addition to our rescue operations,” said Fire Chief EddieWillis. “Since the new tools are lighter and stronger […]

Thanks to a $24,000 Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer FireDepartment Assistance grant, Central Heights Appleby Volunteer Fire Department purchased up-todate rescue tools. “The new cutter, spreader and ram, commonly called Jaws of Life, will allow for faster extrication of avictim after a vehicle accident,” said Fire Chief Jimmy Russell. “They are used to pry […]

Reports of the presence of the deadly emerald ash borer in Tarrant County have been confirmed.