COLLEGE STATION — A new program has been created to more effectively coordinate environmental and natural resources efforts within the Texas A&M University Agricultural Program. The Environmental and Natural Resources Program was announced by Dr. Edward Hiler, vice chancellor and dean of agriculture and life sciences. Dr. Wayne Jordan, director of the Texas Water Resources…
COLLEGE STATION — “Yule Cut or we’ll cut,” is the motto at Darrell Lewis’ eight-year-old Christmas tree farm near Grand Saline, east of Dallas. “When I put this tree farm in, I was looking in the encyclopedia for a name,” Lewis recalls, laughing. “I saw yule log, and that was it. Yule choose, yule cut,…
Nov., 1995 Writer: Steve Byrns, (915) 653-4576 Contact: Dr. Dale Rollins, (915) 653-4576 SAN ANGELO — Predators and their management has always been controversial, and coyotes have been at the center of the controversy in the Southwest. Coordinators of an upcoming symposium hope to gather the most current knowledge on coyote biology, ecology and management. “Coyotes in…
COLLEGE STATION — New ways of predicting the natural release of nitrogen from decaying plants and animals in soils may lower fertilizer use and protect water sources, according to a new study published by the Texas Water Resources Institute. The study, Soil Nitrogen Mineralization Potential for Improved Fertilizer Recommendations and Decreased Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater,…
COLLEGE STATION — Public school educators in Central Texas soon will be introduced to water and environmental resources available over the Internet under a technology transfer project being carried out by the Texas Water Resources Institute. The effort is funded by an environmental education grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to Ric Jensen,…
EL PASO — Increasing salinity levels in the Rio Grande above Amistad Dam may threaten the amount of water that can be used for drinking or crop irrigation, according to a new study from the Texas Water Resources Institute and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The report, “Flow, Salts, and Trace Elements in the Rio…
COLLEGE STATION — Milam County was added today to the state quarantine restricting the movement of commercial bee operations following the detection of Africanized honey bees there. Texas now has 85 counties quarantined for Africanized honey bees. A hive of bees was found in a bee trap during a routine inspection of the trapline on…
COLLEGE STATION — A white-tailed buck is not worried about the sociological, ecological, and economic ramifications of wildlife management as he marks his territory with a scrape, but Texas Agricultural Extension Service wildlife specialists are trying to instill those qualities and an appreciation of the outdoors with the Conservation Education program. Lessons on camping, outdoor…
CORPUS CHRISTI — Wildlife found in the backyards of urban homes can be an asset as well as an environmental teaching tool for youngsters. The sights, sounds, and activities of animals such as hummingbirds, chickadees, cardinals, mockingbirds, frogs, fish, butterflies, snakes, and lizards, add an element of delight and stimulation to urban life, said Will…
COLLEGE STATION — More and more Texas hunters are just learning how to shoot with a “shutter.” “Wildlife photography shares many of the same challenges and rewards as hunting with a rifle or bow and arrow,” says Dr. Dale Rollins, Extension Wildlife Specialist based in San Angelo. And, photography can even top regular hunting in…
