OAK ISLAND – A Texas Watershed Steward workshop addressing water quality issues related to Double Bayou watershed will be held from 1-8 p.m. June 25 at the Oak Island Lodge, 142-A Jackson Drive, Oak Island. Oak Island is in Chambers County between the east and west forks of the Double Bayou and about eight miles [...]
Public input sought at Pecos, Imperial, Iraan and Ozona meeting sites Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Lucas Gregory, 979-845-7869, lfgregory@ag.tamu.edu PECOS – Landowners in the Pecos River watershed are invited to participate in discussions on Pecos River water quality and updates to the Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan during a series of upcoming meetings. [...]
National Extension tourism conference set for Aug. 6-9 in Detroit COLLEGE STATION — The eXtension Foundation, a nonprofit entity supporting Internet-based education and full-time access to objective, science-based information from land-grant university experts and others, has accepted a proposal to form an official Tourism Community of Practice. “The community of practice will include information and [...]
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 [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Matt Berg, mattberg@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Matt Berg, a Texas A&M University ecosystem science and management student, was recently recognized by the Ecological Society of America as a Graduate Student Policy Award winner. Berg is a doctoral student under Dr. Bradford Wilcox, a professor in hydrology, and Dr. Sorin [...]
JUNCTION — Anyone interested in private water-well management in the Upper Llano River watershed or surrounding area is invited to attend the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Texas Well Owner Network training June 1 in Junction. The training will be from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at the Texas Tech Llano River Field Station, 254 Red Raider [...]
Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Bill Rogers, 979-845-0317, wer@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Scientists with Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife Research had a unique opportunity to compare recent patterns of drought-induced woody plant mortality on the Edwards Plateau in Texas to the extended drought of the 1950s. Dr. Bill Rogers, an associate [...]
MOORE – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in Atascosa, Frio and Medina counties will host a multi-county workshop and tour on wildlife tax valuation and farm pond reclamation June 8 in Moore. The program, which takes place from 8:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., will be at a Frio County Paloma Partners tract located at 8110 County [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Giri Athrey, 979-845-1885, gathrey@tmail.com COLLEGE STATION – Malaria is responsible for about 700,000 deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa alone, and a team of Texas A&M University researchers is doing their best to help stem this perpetual tide of human suffering. Dr. Giridhar “Giri” Athrey, post-doctoral associate with [...]
Multi-county AgriLife Extension program to view rangeland options Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Marty Gibbs, 325-365-2219, mj-gibbs@tamu.edu SAN ANGELO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the multi-county Livestock and Rangeland Revitalization Program from 1-4:30 p.m. May 28 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo. The [...]
