Tree News from the Texas Forest Service

Sept. 1, 2010 — COLLEGE STATION, Texas — With much of Texas still hot and dry and wildfires continuing to spark up across the state, dove hunters should be especially careful when heading out this week for the season opener.

Aug. 26, 2010 — COLLEGE STATION, Texas — With temperatures hovering around the 100 degree mark, most Texans aren’t eager to head outside. But the last days of summer historically entice people outdoors — and with their excursions often come a spike

Aug. 11, 2010 — COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The vast majority of forest owners would consider keeping their land forested if they got paid for doing so, according to a recently released Texas Forest Service survey. The findings were part

Texas Forest Service is known for producing quality people. We know it. You know it. And now the USDA Forest Service knows it, too. Texas Forest Service Planning and Forest Policy Coordinator Jan Davis has been tapped by the

July 21, 2010 — TEMPLE, Texas — Longleaf pine forests once covered much of East Texas — and they could again thanks to a federal program offering money to landowners who grow the trees on their property. The Natural Resource Conservation Service

July 14, 2010 — KOUNTZE, Texas — A former Texas Forest Service wildland firefighter has been indicted by a Hardin County Grand Jury on a felony arson charge. Jeremy Mansfield, 27, was indicted this week in connection with a two acre

July 2, 2010 — McALLEN, Texas — As Hurricane Alex dissipates over Mexico, Texas Forest Service is beginning to wrap up emergency response efforts and hopes to begin sending crews home this weekend.Earlier this week, the state agency deployed three of

For Immediate Release July 1, 2010 Texas Forest Service urges residents to use caution over July 4th holiday weekend COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Whether you’re shooting fireworks or just spending some time around the campfire, Texas Forest Service urges you

June 28, 2010 — COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas Forest Service is sending nearly 50 emergency responders to South Texas in preparation for Tropical Storm Alex, which is expected to make landfall as a hurricane early Wednesday morning. The agency has mobilized

June 21, 2010 — COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas Forest Service has named a veteran forester to the new role of farm bill coordinator in an effort to foster partnerships with the Natural Resource Conservation and better serve landowners across