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Texas Highlights - 2006

December 2006

  • Gypsum Soils Expert Visits Southwest - TTU and USDA-NRCS Host Soil Symposium in Lubbock


  • Kleberg – Kenedy Soil Survey Final Acre Ceremony


  • Dr. Butler Speaks at Texas Commodity Symposium - Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show 2006
     
  • Honoring NRCS Earth Team Volunteer


  • Hazardous Trash Dump Cleanup in West Harris County


  • Zone Training Conference Focuses on Stewardship and Conservation Ethics


  • Texas Women in Denim Ride Again


  • Sam Houston RC&D Awards Grants for Community Projects


  • Aldo Ranch's wildlife work earns honors

    • November 2006

  • Livestock Health and Forage Field Day


  • Camp Wacanta Field Day for Marshall Students
     
  • NRCS Hits the Mark for Conservation Education at CAST 2006


  • Salt Kill Revegetation


  • Remodeling a Ranch

    • October 2006

  • Wild Ideas in Uvalde County

  • Pigeon Pea – A Potential Drought Tolerant Legume for North Texas

  • Wildlife and Range Management Seminar at Cisco Junior College

  • NRCS Engineers Take Top Awards at the Annual Texas Section ASABE Meeting

  • Sixty-Sixth Annual Texas Soil and Water Conservation District Directors Meeting Comes to Arlington


  • Land Stewardship Lessons in the Hill Country


  • Outdoor Safety Focuses on Fifth Graders
     
  • Red River Quail Symposium Presents Habitat Management and Hunting in Transition

  • Some Like It Hot


  • Fannin County Wildlife Seminar and Tour


  • A Sanctuary in Suburbia


  • Abilene NRCS Employee Honored by Texas Section Society for Range Management


  • Hammer Honored by Texas Section Society for Range Management


  • 22nd Annual Farmers and Ranchers Conference


  • School on the range


  • Goat Producer’s Coop Receives Grant for Feasibility Study


  • Ladies Farm Tour on the South Plains

  • Chisholm Trail RC&D Hosts Wind Energy Forum
     
  • Wildlife Teaching Kids about the Land

  • Field Day Draws More than 200 People
     
  • Training of a Different Kind
     
  • Governor Designates October as Range Management Month in Texas
     
  • Ranchers Team Up to Restore Rio Grande Landscapes

    • September 2006

  • Food and Fiber Day Teaches Agriculture

  • Caney Creek Park Improvement Project

  • Sailors from U.S.S. Texas Help with Rebuilding Marsh

  • South Central Region Conference

  • Burning For Greener Pastures

    August 2006

  • Pronghorn Lessons in the Trans-Pecos

  • FWP Committee Provided Training and Program for NRCS Staff
     
  • Prescribed Burn Association Organizes in the Concho Valley
     
  • VATAT Awards SWCD District Manager for Commitment to Agricultural Science
     
  • Rural Texas Teens Consider an Agricultural Career
     
  • Port Arthur Proclaims NRCS Day
     
  • Reservoir and Recreational Area in Sight for Nacogdoches
    July 2006
  • Runnels County Conservation Tillage Conference
     
  • Texas Teens in Top Five at 2006 Canon Envirothon Competition
     
  • NRCS Co-Sponsors Clear Fork Range Camp
     
  • NRCS Brings Conservation Mission and Education to 78th Annual Texas FFA Convention

  • Water Camp Helps High Schoolers become "Water Aware"

  • Forage and Pasture Field Day Educates Local Producers
     
  • West Texas Program Success Told at National RC&D Conference
     
  • Rural Emergency Fire Protection Pilot Program

  • Safety Investment - Agricultural Education For Kids


  • GPS Technology in Texas
    June 2006
  • Two NRCS Zones Team Up at Pond Management Training Workshop
     
  • East Texas Plant Materials Center Hosts Field Day
     
  • Water Conservation Day in Kaufman County
     
  • Technology Helps Landowners Manage for Livestock
     
  • Hurricane Rita Field Day Educates Forestry Landowners on Recovery Efforts
     
  • Group Learns About Resource Alternatives for the Future
     
  • What’s Growing in your Water Well?
     
  • Studies in "Conservation of Natural Resources" Workshop
     
  • A Lesson on EQIP for Landowners
     
  • NRCS and District Honor Outstanding Conservationist
     
  • Ag in the Classroom in Calhoun County

    • May 2006
  • Agricultural Field Day
     
  • San Angelo Texas Wildlife Association (TWA) and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Field Day
     
  • First Annual Forest Awareness Tour
     
  • 30th Annual Bedias Creek Annual Judging Contest
     
  • Fort Stockton Students Benefit from Outdoor Classroom
     
  • 13th Annual Clover Forage Field Day
     
  • Brush Management Workshop
     
  • Beef and Range Field Day
     
  • Leon Bosque RC&D Delivers Economic Boost for Central Texas
     
  • The $100,000 Saving Suggestion
     
  • Cattlemen’s Field Day
     
  • 7th Annual Texas State Wildlife Contest at Richards Ranch
     
  • Program Promotes Safety to Blanco County Students
     
  • Education Program Teaches Kids to Dig Deep to Understand Natural Resources
     
  • Earth Day festivities from Maedgen Elementary
     
  • Chisholm Trail RC&D Hosts 2006 Annual Training Conference
     
  • Educating Youth for Rattlesnake Awareness
     
  • "Spring" Into Forage Field Days in Montgomery County
     
  • Natural Resources Day
     
  • Ag in the Classroom
     
  • Houston's Backyard
    • April 2006
  • "Every Day Is Earth Day" for Sabine-Neches RC&D
     
  • Sustainable Land Management Workshop
     
  • Hazardous Waste Disposal Day Labeled Successful
     
  • DeWitt district honors top conservationist
     
  • "Food for America"
     
  • The Pedernales SWCD annual Soil stewardship breakfast
     
  • Future engineers learn some tricks of the trade
     
  • Fort Hood and NRCS Team Up for Earth Day Celebration
     
  • Texas State Envirothon
     
  • Earth Day with the Boy Scouts
     
  • EQIP Motivates Landowners toward Conservation Improvements on Ag Operations
     
  • Groudbreaking south of Savoy marks site of future lake
     
  • Alabama-Coushatta Texas Youth and RC&D


  • Brush Control and Grazing Management Workshop
    • March 2006
  • Panhandle Wildfires 2006
     
  • Brays Bayou Tidal Marsh Project
     
  • 2006 Regional Science and Engineering Fair
     
  • South West Texas Tillage Strategy Conference
     
  • Studies in the Field - Instructing Students in GPS Basics
     
  • 2006 Spring Career Fair at Prairie View
     
  • Landowners Gain Insight For CSP
     
  • Two NRCS Texas Employees Internationally Recognized
    • February 2006
  • Texoma Farm and Ranch Show Strengthens Sign-Up Period for Conservation Security Program
     
  • Conservation Tillage and EQIP


  • CSP Contract Recipient's Ranch Operation Dates Back to the 1890's

  • NRCS Technology Showcase - National Association of Conservation Districts annual meeting
    • January 2006
  • Tree Program offers seedlings to residents - Runnels Soil and Water Conservation District

  • Conservation Jamboree in Plains, Texas
     
  • Kent Ferguson on Rangeland Management


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