Category: 2017
-
Texas Well Owner Network to screen water in Mills, Llano and Lampasas counties in March
The Texas Well Owner Network will present water well screenings in March in Mills, Llano and Lampasas counties to give residents the opportunity to have their well water screened. The screenings are presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in these counties, in partnership with the Texas Water Resources Institute. “Private water wells should be tested annually,” said Dr.…
-
Spring landscape irrigation short courses coming soon
A series of landscape irrigation short courses for licensed irrigation professionals will be held through May with stops in College Station, Dallas and San Antonio. Licensed landscape irrigators are required to have 24 hours of continued education every three years to renew their licenses, while licensed irrigation technicians need 16 hours every two years, said Charles Swanson,…
-
Year in review: notable highlights from IRNR and TWRI in 2016
As 2017 begins, the Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources (IRNR) and the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) look back on a year full of impactful research results, new funding opportunities, collaborative partnerships and key personnel additions. IRNR and TWRI provide water and natural resources research and outreach, and in 2016 the institutes continued to be strengthened by…
-
TWRI’s Dictson receives Superior Service Award
Nikki Dictson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist III at the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), received AgriLife Extension’s Superior Service Award in the Extension Program Specialist category during a ceremony Jan. 10 at Texas A&M University. Dictson was one of 17 individuals as well as eight teams with a total of 79 members…
-
Texas 4-H Youth Water Ambassadors Program coming soon
A new Texas 4-H Youth Water Ambassadors Program is aiming to encourage high school students’ interest in the water industry. David Smith, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University, is developing the program. The program seeks to bring students in grades 9-11 together “to gain advanced knowledge and…
-
Green infrastructure, low-impact development to be focus of Feb. 2 Dallas workshop
A green infrastructure/low-impact development workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m.-noon Feb. 2 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 17360 Coit Road in Dallas. The workshop is sponsored by the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Nikki Dictson, AgriLife Extension program specialist…
-
Winter pond management can mean better spring fish production
Winter pond management can mean better fish production in the spring, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist. Dr. Billy Higginbotham, wildlife and fisheries specialist, said there are several important winter management tips to consider for pond owners who want to produce good fishing in their private impoundments. Typically, in East Texas, higher…
-
TAMU School of Law hosting Energy Law Symposium
The Texas A&M School of Law will host the Energy Law Symposium March 23-24 in Fort Worth. Focused on “The Future of Energy,” the symposium will convene industry experts, academic commentators and public officials to discuss a wide range of issues bearing on anticipated needs, policy challenges and proposed reforms in the U.S. and global energy markets,…
-
Soil Health Short Course will offer land managers educational information
The Texas Soil Health Short Course will focus on building a functioning foundation Feb. 22-23 at the Region 9 Educational Center in Wichita Falls. Short course partners expect more than 300 farmers, ranchers, professors, land managers, researchers, public officials, conservationists and students to attend this multi-state short course. The workshop will offer attendees a greater understanding of…
-
Reminder: public invited to report bat sightings to IRNR research team
The Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources (IRNR) bat research team is asking for help from citizens in its efforts to document bat populations in Texas. The institute’s Bat and Hibernacula Surveys team is conducting surveys of wintering bats and their roosts throughout Texas to get baseline numbers in anticipation of white-nose syndrome appearing in the state, said Melissa…
