Special to the Courier

South Texas grassland owners, who have been the hardest hit by drought, will be given priority consideration for participating in the Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), a $4.2 million program in Texas.

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Personnel with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are seeking public comment on its conservation practice standards to help improve delivery of conservation programs.

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Personnel with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are seeking public comment on its conservation practice standards to help improve delivery of conservation programs.

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In preparation for implementation of new legislation, the members of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission have adopted rules allowing hunters to use crossbows during the upcoming special archery-only hunting season.

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Texas animal health officials have lifted a quarantine on a ranch in Starr County, where horses have recovered from vesicular stomatitis (VS), a virus that occurs sporadically in Texas

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According to Bandera County Extension Agent Warren Thigpen, time is approaching for all Bandera County 4-H and FFA members to order Market Lamb and Goat, and Breeding Sheep Validation Tags for the 2010 livestock shows.

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A prescribed burn workshop is scheduled at the Texas AgriLife Research Station at Sonora, August 27 through August 29.

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Personnel with the Texas Water Resources Institute will present a “Texas Watershed Planning Short Course,” August 17 to August 21, at the Mayan Dude Ranch in Bandera.

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Warren Thigpen, Bandera County extension agent with Texas AgriLife Extension Service, was recently elected president of the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association (TCAAA) at the group’s annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

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Texas animal health officials have lifted a quarantine on a ranch in Starr County, where horses have recovered from vesicular stomatitis (VS), a virus that occurs sporadically in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and other western states

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency has launched an online discussion forum to receive public input on the future direction of EPA’s national water enforcement program.

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The Texas drought has added insult to injury, as anthrax has been confirmed in a cow that died in Crockett County.

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Texas hunting and fishing licenses for 2009-2010 went on sale Saturday, August 15.

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A three-day conference entitled, “For Love Of Water” or FLOW will take place Friday through Sunday, Sept. 11, 12 and 13, at the Wimberley Community Center.

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Medical personnel with the Texas Department of State Health Services have issued an advisory warning people to limit their consumption of largemouth bass from Lake Isabell in Harris County.