COLLEGE STATION - Population shifts, industrial developments, changes in water law and advances in technology have made each drop of water more precious than 25 years ago. Texas A&M University’s Water Week 2005, set for Feb. 7-11 on the campus, brings researchers and policy leaders together to share ideas, highlight issues, and focus on water…
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M University’s Water Week has been set for Feb. 7-11, and students are invited to enter water-related research posters for competition and exhibition. Rick Giardino, dean of the office of graduate studies, said this poster session is an opportunity to present water research findings to faculty, students and professionals involved in…
Writer: Blair Fannin, (979) 845-2259,b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. David Anderson has been named Texas Cooperative Extension economist for livestock and food products marketing in the department of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University. Anderson succeeds Dr. Ernie Davis, who retired recently after 35 years as Extension livestock marketing economist. “Although cattle production is the…
Contact: Dr. Gene Nelson, (979) 845-2116,NelsonG@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – State Sen. Todd Staples has been inducted into the Tyrus R. Timm Honor Registry of Former Students in Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. Staples, R-Palestine, graduated with honors in 1984. He was elected to the Texas Senate in 2000 after serving five years in the…
COLLEGE STATION — Twelve raw eggs broken onto 12 white plastic plates are lined up on a long, narrow table in a Texas A&M University poultry laboratory, awaiting judgment. To the untrained eye, the eggs are identicala dozen indistinguishable yolks each encircled by equally interchangeable whites. The door to the lab opens and in come…
COLLEGE STATION – It’s a match made in heaven. Or at least in the Texas Panhandle. Three young bison bulls were donated by media tycoon Ted Turner from his New Mexico herd. They will be introduced into the Texas Bison Herd at the Caprock Canyon State Park next summer, in hopes they will provide much…
COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M University’s department of recreation, park and tourism sciences has received the William P. Mott Jr. Award for Organizational Excellence. The award is presented for accomplishments in the field of recreation, parks and service to the National Society for Park Resources. The award is “a tremendous honor,” said Dr. Joe O’Leary,…
COLLEGE STATION - The chief historian of the National Park Service said the nation’s parks must have something meaningful for everyone and be able to explain their purpose not just historically, but also their current significance. Dr. Dwight Pitcaithley, chief historian, kicked off a distinguished lecture series Wednesday hosted by the department of recreation, park…
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M University’s department of park, recreation and tourism sciences has begun a new leadership and diversity initiative led by the former director of the National Park Service. Robert Stanton, who served as director from 1996-2001, is in residence this fall leading an initiative that focuses on minority and under-represented communities. The…
COLLEGE STATION – Groundwater leasing, marketing and sales will be the focus of a conference Sept.14 at the College of Forestry Conference Center at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches. The conference is designed for landowners, real estate agents, bankers, and members of soil and water conservation districts and groundwater conservation districts involved in groundwater…
