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A person in protective clothing and wearing leather gloves holds a lit drip torch during a prescribed fire.
April 3, 2026

AgriLife Extension launches redesigned online prescribed burn school

Self-paced course provides landowners with knowledge, skills to use fire as land management tool

Texas A&M AgriLife in white against a maroon background
March 26, 2026

Bradford Wilcox named Fellow in national science association

Ecohydrology researcher recognized for advancing understanding of water cycle processes

Lorie and David Hessel speak with Colorado County Extension Agent Laramie Kettler at 3H Ranch on Friday, Jan 17, 2025, in Weimar, Texas.
March 18, 2026

Small Landowner Spring Workshop series begins April 13 in Waco

AgriLife Extension program to cover land management basics, beekeeping, poultry, pasture management

A gopher snake.
March 16, 2026

5 tips to prevent negative encounters with snakes this spring

Texas A&M AgriLife experts share how to avoid bites and coexist peacefully

drone flying over a corn plot
December 5, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife, Ranchbot to advance agricultural technology

Collaboration to create satellite-based monitoring tools for smarter decisions and resource efficiency

A man and young boy ride horses across a field accompanied by a dog.
November 6, 2025

Generation Next: Our Turn to Ranch online course now registering

12-week AgriLife Extension agriculture business and land management course begins Jan. 26

Yellow bird standing on tree limb
November 5, 2025

Backyard bird habitats focus of Nov. 19-20 virtual seminar 

AgriLife Extension event will provide design strategies for attracting birds to home landscapes 

Three people walk down a dirt road flanked by flames from a prescribed fire.
October 28, 2025

Nov. 13 webinar to focus on waterbird conservation along Texas coast

Free AgriLife Extension event to highlight role of prescribed fire in sustaining marsh habitats

A national park entry sign with a mountain in the background.
October 23, 2025

Texas A&M AgriLife develops guide to manage feral hogs in national parks

Research gives U.S. National Park Service adaptable framework to protect land and heritage sites

Open land with a tree and cattle
October 16, 2025

Free workshop for new landowners Oct. 25 in Castroville

Topics include land-use options, tax benefits, local programs and funding sources 

Sunset on farmland
September 30, 2025

Rural landowner workshops slated for Oct. 29, Oct. 30 in Bryan

Owning Your Piece of Texas and Ranchers Leasing Workshop to focus on legal and economic issues 

Two white-tailed deer bucks stand at a tree line.
September 16, 2025

AgriLife Extension publishes wildlife-focused New World screwworm resource

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service released a new fact sheet, “Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm,” to help Texans protect wildlife from the threat of this potentially devastating parasite.

Two female students collect data on a white-tailed deer in the field.
August 14, 2025

White-tailed deer research benefits students, land managers, wildlife

Data collection project gives students hands-on field experience, new insights into deer behavior, health

A group of people point at collections of leaves.
August 4, 2025

Texas Master Naturalist meeting scheduled Oct. 16-19 in College Station

Registration open for event full of seminars, advanced training for statewide master naturalists

A white-tailed deer buck stands at a forest edge.
July 29, 2025

White-tailed deer symposium scheduled Aug. 29 in Robstown

New World screwworm, chronic wasting disease, management practices highlighted

A horse looks out over a vast rangeland.
June 27, 2025

AgriLife Extension offers new online rangeland ecology course

Program provides key management information for landowners and natural resource professionals

A tree-lined pond.
June 24, 2025

Real estate-focused pond assessment webinar scheduled for July 8

AgriLife Extension program provides pond-related information for real estate agents and new landowners

A river flows along tree-lined banks.
April 21, 2025

Texas Soil and Water Stewardship Week celebrates native ecosystems

Texas A&M AgriLife agencies help promote importance of voluntary land stewardship

A white-tailed deer doe nuzzles her fawn in the forest.
April 8, 2025

Five important reminders when finding ‘orphaned’ wildlife

Texas A&M AgriLife expert shares advice to keep young wildlife wild

A closeup of a person using binoculars.
April 3, 2025

Texas Master Naturalist earns Conservation Wrangler designation

Statewide conservation nonprofit Texan by Nature recognizes program’s impacts