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November 7, 2022

Hunters urged to practice wildfire safety

Texas A&M Forest Service: 42% of wildfires occur during major hunting season months

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November 4, 2022

Texas A&M Forest Service celebrates Texas Arbor Day

Foresters, staff members make school presentations, plant trees

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October 25, 2022

New project seeks ‘equitable adaptation’ of urban stormwater infrastructure, management

National Science Foundation award includes Texas A&M AgriLife entities, University of North Texas

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October 24, 2022

New moon marks end of monarch-spotting season

Last chance for Texans to catch a glimpse before butterflies continue to Mexico

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October 19, 2022

Three private water well screening meetings set in the South Plains

Seminole, Lamesa and Lubbock all will host well water testing

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October 7, 2022

Texas A&M Forest Service raises Preparedness Level due to wildfire risk

Texas increases to the State Wildland Fire Preparedness Level 2

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October 7, 2022

24th annual wildfire academy begins at Camp Swift

Participants from across the southeastern U.S.

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September 29, 2022

Wildfire activity possible for multiple areas of the state

Dry conditions increasing with lack of rainfall

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September 28, 2022

Texas A&M AgriLife designs system to create bioplastics

Method could reduce nondegradable plastics and greenhouse gas emissions

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September 19, 2022

Texas A&M Forest Service hand crew mobilized

Among U.S. fire personnel sent to help with Oregon's Cedar Creek, other out-of-state fires

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September 16, 2022

Texas A&M AgriLife to lead historic investment in Texas’ efforts to become ‘climate-smart’

Texas A&M AgriLife Research receives largest competitive grant in its history

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September 15, 2022

Quantum light source advances bioimaging clarity

Texas A&M researchers team up to create device to enhance spectroscopy results

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September 8, 2022

Snout butterflies again nosing through Texas

This year’s emergence likely smaller than years past

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September 6, 2022

Grants available to Texas landowners for prescribed burning

Prescribed fire can reduce intensities of future, unplanned wildfires

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August 24, 2022

Study identifies sex-adapted color-change gene in locusts

Coloration signals between males reduce mating mistakes in swarms

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August 9, 2022

Watering trees during the Texas drought

Widespread drought stress occurs across state

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August 2, 2022

Mapping Texas’ soil water resources for the future

Texas Water Development Board-funded project will create soil water management tools

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August 1, 2022

Monarch butterflies facing battle royal for survival

Pollinators placed on international conservation organization’s Red List as endangered  

July 28, 2022

It’s big, but it’s not a ‘murder hornet’

Texas A&M AgriLife experts say Texans mistakenly identifying cicada killer wasps

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July 28, 2022

Texas A&M AgriLife develops new bioremediation material to clean up ‘forever chemicals’

Sustainable, cheaper method has potential for commercial applications