After a distinguished career spanning more than four decades in municipal and wildland fire service, Bruce Woods, mitigation and prevention department head for Texas A&M Forest Service, has retired. Woods leaves behind a legacy defined by leadership, innovation and an unwavering commitment to protecting Texans from wildfire. His contributions have shaped the state’s wildfire mitigation, […]

Facility to serve as emergency response training hub and staging area Texas A&M Forest Service leadership, joined by officials from The Texas A&M University System and local community leaders, officially broke ground on a new regional office in McGregor. The planned facility will provide the infrastructure necessary to meet the growing demands of wildfire response […]

Texas A&M Forest Service Assistant Director Hughes Simpson was presented with a Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow Service Award for 2024-2025 at a ceremony on Wednesday evening in College Station, Texas. Simpson received this award for his extraordinary contributions to the State and People of Texas through the conservation and protection of forests and […]

The presence of the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) has been confirmed in Jack, Navarro, Somervell, Bell and Rockwall counties. Bell County’s confirmation makes it the southernmost confirmed location of EAB in the nation. First confirmed in Texas in 2016, EAB has spread to 31 counties statewide. In 2024, EAB was confirmed in five new […]

After a distinguished career spanning more than four decades in municipal and wildland fire service, Bruce Woods, mitigation and prevention department head for Texas A&M Forest Service, has retired. Woods leaves behind a legacy defined by leadership, innovation and an unwavering commitment to protecting Texans from wildfire. His contributions have shaped the state’s wildfire mitigation, […]

Facility to serve as emergency response training hub and staging area Texas A&M Forest Service leadership, joined by officials from The Texas A&M University System and local community leaders, officially broke ground on a new regional office in McGregor. The planned facility will provide the infrastructure necessary to meet the growing demands of wildfire response […]

Texas A&M Forest Service Assistant Director Hughes Simpson was presented with a Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow Service Award for 2024-2025 at a ceremony on Wednesday evening in College Station, Texas. Simpson received this award for his extraordinary contributions to the State and People of Texas through the conservation and protection of forests and […]

The presence of the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) has been confirmed in Jack, Navarro, Somervell, Bell and Rockwall counties. Bell County’s confirmation makes it the southernmost confirmed location of EAB in the nation. First confirmed in Texas in 2016, EAB has spread to 31 counties statewide. In 2024, EAB was confirmed in five new […]