Texas A&M AgriLife Research Station at Sonora to host April 25 anniversary event
Community invited to celebrate 110 years of research with speakers, tours, exhibitors
More than a century of rangeland research and stewardship will be commemorated during the 110th anniversary celebration of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Station at Sonora on April 25.
The free event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the research station, 395 County Road 760, Sonora. Registration is required at tx.ag/SonoraAnniversary. Coffee and lunch will be provided.
The event will feature informative talks, guided tours and hands-on exhibits exploring the past, present and future of rangeland ecology and management.
Three general Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units are available for pesticide applicator license holders who attend.
About the event and speakers
Topics and speakers include:
- Welcome and orientation – Russell Jessup, Ph.D., director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo and professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.
- New World screwworm and current veterinary challenges with livestock and domestic and exotic wildlife – Sandra Leyendecker, DVM, Laredo region director, Texas Animal Health Commission.
- Livestock nutrition and physiology research – Doug Tolleson, Ph.D., director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab and associate professor, Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Sonora, and Erika Campbell, Ph.D., AgriLife Research toxicologist, Sonora.
- Prescribed fire frequency and season research – Morgan Treadwell, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service range specialist and professor, Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, San Angelo, and Charles “Butch” Taylor, Ph.D., former superintendent of AgriLife Research Station at Sonora and professor emeritus.
- Soil disturbances and arthropod communities – Camille Carey, Ph.D., research scientist and assistant professor, Angelo State University.
- Avian and wildlife ecology and conservation – Andrew Kasner, Ph.D., AgriLife Research assistant professor, Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, San Angelo.
- Rangeland management research – Tolleson.
- Predation issues – Grant Rogers, AgriLife Research precision predation management specialist, San Angelo.
- Edible and medicinal plant walk – Austin Kelly, ARK Ecological Consulting LLC, and Kim Ort, Hill Country Master Naturalist.
- Keynote speakers – Lani Cran Petri, cattle and goat producer, Kapapala Ranch, Pahala, Hawaii; Sharon Holman, president, Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association; and Tammy Fisher, secretary/treasurer of the American Sheep Industry Association.
For more information or questions regarding the event, contact Campbell at [email protected].
