Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu
Contact: Dan Gaskins, 254-248-0562, dan.gaskins@tamu.edu
HAMILTON – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the Hamilton County Feral Hog Workshop beginning with registration at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 18 at Hamilton.
The formal program is set for 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Hamilton Commission Company, located 3 miles north of town on U.S. Highway 281.
Admission is free, but organizers ask those planning to attend to RSVP by contacting Dan Gaskins, AgriLife Extension assistant at Gatesville, at 254-248-0562 or email him at dan.gaskins@tamu.edu .
Three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units, one laws and regulations and two general, will be available.
“Feral hogs continue to be a growing menace to agriculture throughout the state and many feel the Central Texas region has become the epicenter of the struggle,” said Gaskins.
“This program is meant to bring producers up to date on the latest news from the ‘battlefront’ of feral hog control. Producers and landowners who have the pests, and who these days doesn’t, should make plans now to attend this important meeting.”
Topics to be addressed include the Basic Ecology and Biology of Feral Hogs, Feral Hogs and the Leon River Watershed, Regulations for Transporting Feral Hogs and Disease Concerns.
Also planned are talks on control techniques and presentations of feral hog traps, population dynamics, hunting regulations, resources and hog topics specific to Hamilton County.
Speakers will include Dr. Pete Fincher, Texas Animal Health Commission, Lampasas; Mike Marshall, Lampasas River Watershed, Gatesville; Jim Daniels, Hamilton County game warden, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Gaskins and Johnny Wagner, Hamilton County commissioner.
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