Landivar receives Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award
Juan Landivar, Ph.D., was awarded the Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award by the Texas Plant Protection Association, or TPPA.
Environment
Attoyac Bayou stakeholder meeting set for Dec. 10 in Nacogdoches
The Attoyac Bayou Watershed Partnership will meet Dec. 10 to discuss Attoyac Bayou Watershed Protection Plan implementation opportunities with stakeholders. The meeting will be from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Nacogdoches County Expo Center, 3805 N.W. Stallings Drive in Nacogdoches. It is hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water Resources Institute, TWRI, and…
Texas Master Naturalist Program new chapter rally set Dec. 16 in Uvalde
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Master Naturalist organization will be holding a new chapter rally on Dec. 16. The event will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at 1619 Garner Field Road in Uvalde. Everyone interested is invited to attend, whether or not they…
Chronic Wasting Disease: detecting the disease plaguing Texas’ deer populations
The state veterinary diagnostic laboratory, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, tests hundreds of thousands of samples annually. However, on the brink of each year’s deer hunting season, test numbers begin to spike as the demand for chronic wasting disease, CWD, testing increases. What is Chronic Wasting Disease? CWD is a progressive neurological…
31st annual Texas Plant Protection Conference to be held Dec. 10-11 in Bryan
Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Texas Agriculture will be the focus of the conference The 31st annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be held Dec. 10-11 in Bryan, with this year’s focus being on the impact of artificial intelligence, or AI, on Texas agriculture. The event will be held at The Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive,…
Millions of monarch butterflies killed on Texas highways
Texas A&M works to protect monarchs on Texas roads, and they need your help
Water well owner training set for Nov. 19 in Lincoln
A Texas Well Owner Network, or TWON, training has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Lincoln Community Hall, 1066 Main St. in Lincoln. Well Educated training is free and open to the public. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator, College Station, said the program is…
Water well owner training set for Nov. 14 in Groesbeck
A Texas Well Owner Network, or TWON, training has been scheduled for 1–5 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Limestone County Courthouse, 200 W. State St. in Groesbeck. The Well Educated training is free and open to the public. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator, College Station, said the TWON…
Public invited to meeting on water quality of Neches River tributaries
The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Angelina and Neches River Authority will host a meeting Nov. 22 in Lufkin for anyone interested in water quality impairments in Jack, Cedar, Hurricane and Biloxi creeks, tributaries of the Neches River below Lake Palestine. The meeting will be at 10…
New online, interactive atlas gives comprehensive view of Texas quail decline
The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, or NRI, has recently published the Texas Quail Atlas, a free online resource and the newest “story map” to be developed by the institute. The online atlas was developed as a collaborative effort of the Reversing the Decline of Quail in Texas Initiative and the NRI Geospatial Analysis Team….
