AUSTIN — The Texas A&M Institute of Natural Resources will conduct a “Social Media 101—Raising Stakeholder Awareness in an Information Age” workshop July 18 in Austin. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Airport Commerce Park, 1340 Airport Commerce Park. The program is designed for governmental [...]
RIESEL- Management of poultry litter will be the focus of a field day to be held July 10 at Riesel High School, 600 E. Frederick St. in Riesel. Located in McLellan County, Riesel is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area. The field day is hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water Resources [...]
COLLEGE STATION – The Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation has awarded more than $2.2 million dollars in scholarships to more than 200 4-H members from throughout the state at this year’s Texas 4-H Roundup in College Station. Scholarship funds were provided by organizations and individuals across the state to help 4-H members attend the college [...]
Strong Starts program to offer early bird and regular pricing AUSTIN – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Travis County will again offer its Strong Starts: Urban Farming 101 program for small-scale agricultural producers wanting practical information and instruction on for-profit farming, said program coordinators. The program will take place one day a week [...]
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present a program on selecting Texas Superstar plants for the landscape from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on July 30. The program will take place in Suite 208 of the AgriLife Extension office for Bexar County, located in the Conroy Square office complex, 3355 Cherry Ridge Drive, San [...]
LOCKART–The Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program will present its first workshop in the Plum Creek watershed on June 25 in Lockhart, said Nikki Dictson, Texas Water Resources Institute project manager and program coordinator, College Station. The no-cost educational program on how streams function and the role of vegetation in properly functioning stream systems [...]
SEGUIN — The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board will hold a Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Partnership meeting June 10. The no-cost meeting, to be held at the river authority’s River Annex, 905 Nolan St. in Seguin, is open to the public. Sign-in and refreshments [...]
KILLEEN — Anyone interested in private water-well management in the Lampasas River watershed area is invited to the Texas Well Owner Network training June 20 in Killeen. The no-cost training will be held from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at Texas A&M University–Central Texas campus, 1001 Leadership Place, according to Drew Gholson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service [...]
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Bexar County Master Gardeners will present the Backyard Gardening series program ”Catch the Rain and Use it Later” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 25. The program will be held in Suite 208 of the AgriLife Extension office in Conroy Square, 3355 Cherry Ridge Dr. in San [...]
Camps to take place June 26-27 and Aug. 20-21 SAN ANTONIO — The 4-H and youth development program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Bexar County will hold two “FUNtastic” Adventure Camps this summer in San Antonio. The first camp will take place June 26-27 and the second will take place Aug 20-21. [...]
