By Judith Pannebaker

For 28 years, personnel with the Bandera Soil and Water Conservation District #229 have been teaching area kids about conservation.

By Lauren Flake and Jimmy

Texas Landowners Council (TLC) President Jimmy Gaines and TLC Director of Membership & Development Lauren Flake met with TLC Members Rodney and Sherri Yates in Boerne on Wednesday, April 23.

By Bob Hillman, DVM

The temporary preventive fever tick quarantine zone in south Texas’ Starr County has been enlarged by nearly 24,000 acres, after fever ticks were found on a premises outside the county’s quarantine zone

By Lauren Stucky Flake

According to Fort Worth Weekly’s Peter Gorman, three Hill County landowners suddenly lost the use of their groundwater from the Trinity-Woodbine Aquifer in North Texas’ Barnett Shale range.

Contributed

The next meeting of the Ranchers and Landowners Association of Texas will take place at 6 pm, Tuesday, May 13, at the Silver Sage Corral Senior Activity Center, 803 Buck Creek Boulevard.

By Bob Hillman, DVM

Executive Director, Texas Animal Health Commission

Contributed

Bandera local farmers and rancher charge that the I-69 Trans-Texas Corridor Tier One Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) has failed to meet important environmental standards.

By Lauren Stucky Flake

On Tuesday, May 6, the House Committee on Land and Resource Management, presided over by State Representative Rob Orr, heard testimony on Interim Study Charge 5: “Study and evaluate policies held by other states in relation to how they treat wind resources as a property right.” 

By David Arny

During a Tuesday, May 13, monthly meeting, board member Don Walters updated members of the Bandera County chapter of the Texas Ranch and Landowners Association

Contributed

Members of the Bandera County 4-H Livestock Judging team competed in the District 10 Livestock Judging Competition at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds in Fredericksburg, on Saturday, May 2.

By Paul Schattenberg

The “Texas Hill Country edition” of a prospective wine-grape grower’s workshop will be offered from 9 am to 3 pm on Thursday, May 22, at the Gillespie County Texas AgriLife Extension Service office, 95 Frederick Road in Fredericksburg

Contributed

Breeding, nutrition, health or availability - if these subjects interest you, you won’t want to miss the Hair Sheep and Meat Goat Field Day on Thursday, May 22.

Contributed

The Texas Legislature may not be in session, but Texas Landowners Council never halts its efforts to educate landowners throughout the state about crucial property rights issues.

By Dr. Joe Outlaw

Seeking a balanced analysis of the food and feed vs. fuel debate, the 2008 Texas Ag Forum will feature a comprehensive look at the issues affecting production agriculture and the food and fiber system across the nation.

Contributed

United States Senator John Cornyn expressed his support today for final Senate passage of The Food and Energy Security Act of 2007 - HR 2419, more popularly known as the “farm bill.”

By Paul Schattenberg

The Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board will coordinate with the Brazos River Authority to present a free Texas Watershed Steward training program.