Northeast Texas RC&D Area

"To administer a long-range program that will improve the quality of life for the people living in our area"

Counties Served

Bowie Camp Cass Delta Fannin Franklin

Hopkins Lamar Marion Morris Rains Red River Titus

For Information Contact: Northeast Texas RC&D Area 201 North Collegiate Drive, Suite 500 Paris, TX 75460 Phone (903) 784-6679, Ext. 117 Fax (903) 785-4899

Population:

• The thirteen county area is primarily rural with a population of 336,102 (2000 census).
• Eighty percent of the population is located in towns of 250 to 35,000.
• The largest population centers include Texarkana, Paris, Mt. Pleasant, and Sulphur Springs.

Land Use:

• Land area totals 4.5 million acres consisting of cropland, hayland, pastureland, and woodland.
• The major cropland area is located in the western counties.
• Pastureland and Woodland are the primary land uses of the eastern counties.

Volunteer Fire Department Projects

The Northeast Texas RC&D Council has implemented a financial grant program to assist Volunteer Fire Departments (VFDs) in the area.

The Council determined that protecting residents from costly fires, responding to emergency calls, and providing homeland security are jobs that warrant Council’s support.

Financial grants were made to eight VFDs during the past two years to assist them with the purchase of such items as communication equipment, emergency light bars, truck beds, pumps, hoses, nozzles, firehouse utensils, and a flagpole. Grants are limited to $1,500 per department per year.

VFD personnel continue to depend on financial support from the community so that they can provide much needed emergency services.

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