Weighmaster training and certification class set for May 18 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Fishing tournaments have become so popular in South Texas that one is held almost every weekend during the summer months. With so much at stake, classes and certification are available to make sure event judges, known as weighmasters, know exactly what they’re [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Texas AgriLife Extension Service, part of the Texas A&M University System, along with other land-grant university Extension entities and agencies in a multi-state Feral Hog Community of Practice, have launched an important new resource, said a top project participant. “Through this community of practice, experts from across the nation will produce and [...]
UVALDE – The South Texas Covey Connection is looking for additional landowners to join its ranks, said a Texas AgriLife Research wildlife scientist. The connection provides relevant research toward managing quail and quail habitat, said Dr. Susan Cooper, a researcher at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Uvalde. “It began in 2003 when [...]
DALLAS – A conference on managing urban wildlife will take place 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 4 in Dallas. The program is co-sponsored by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Master Naturalists and Texas Parks and Wildlife. It will be held in the Pavilion at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas, [...]
AMARILLO – The Panhandle Wind and Wildlife Conference on Aug. 8-9 in Amarillo is an effort to provide landowners with an impartial view of wind energy development, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist. AgriLife Extension, the Texas Wildlife Association and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are working together to offer the two-day conference at [...]
CLARENDON – Landowners interested in managing small acreage for wildlife can attend a program on May 8 at the Clarendon College Bairfield Activity Center in Clarendon. Registration for the program will begin at 8:30 a.m., said Leonard Haynes, Texas AgriLife Extension Service agent for Donley County. Pre-registration is required by May 2. The program in [...]
DOSS – Texas AgriLife Extension Service will begin its annual Hill Country Wildlife Field Day at 8 a.m. April 11 from the Doss Community Building. Doss is located 14 miles north of Harper on Ranch Road 783. Participants will caravan to the tour site from the center at about 8:30 a.m. Brent Drennan, AgriLife Extension [...]
Photos and Graphics UVALDE – Though crop losses from record rainfall earlier this year reached $200 million, hunting prospects across South Texas are excellent and the money spent on related activities throughout the region will be welcomed, according to a Texas Cooperative Extension economist. “This is one of the most important economic activities of the [...]
SAN ANGELO A geographic information system workshop is set for Oct. 18 at the Texas A&M University System Research and Extension Center at San Angelo. The workshop is being sponsored by Texas Cooperative Extension and the Texas A&M University System’s Institute of Renewable Natural Resources. The workshop will last from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 [...]
Sept. 19, 2007 Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191,rd-burns@tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Jodi Sterle,979-845-2714, j-sterle@tamu.edu Dr. Billy Higginbotham, 903-834-6191,b-higginbotham@tamu.edu OVERTON Might it be raining feral hogs this fall? “Raining” might be something of an over-statement, but the wet year could mean bigger litter sizes and more far-ranging herds, said Texas Cooperative Extension experts. We can be sure that more water and [...]
