Environment & Natural Resources
Helping Texans safeguard the state’s natural environment and natural resources is a big part of our work at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Browse by topic below to learn more about what we are doing and how you can get involved.
Related Departments: Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Ecology and Conservation Biology, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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Prescribed Burning Communication Kit
The Communications Kit provides resources to facilitate discussion and interactions within and between those who conduct prescribed burning and local communities. The contents of this kit are the direct result of a Joint Fire Science Program-funded research project—Fighting Wildfire with Prescribed Burning in the Southern Great Plains.
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Reseeding native plants is one of the most technically demanding land management practices in South Texas and this publication will point out 10 practices to avoid when reseeding.
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Native species often require specific conditions for optimum growth and development. Preparing a good seedbed is a key to establishing any plant by intentional seedings.
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Planting techniques for native seeds differ from those used for conventional agricultural crops.
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Native seeds must be selected according to their ability to grow in a specific soil type and under certain weather conditions.
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This publication explains what to expect and do after reseeding native plants in South Texas.
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This publication helps explain Native reseeding sites often have problems with noxious plants‚ competitive, unwanted, or invader species growing out of place.
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This product includes 6 publications to help guide you when reseeding natives in South Texas.
- Course
This course will provide new landowners with education on wildlife, livestock, forages, and land stewardship to help them learn basic land management concepts as they begin to make decisions about their land.
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This course will help land owners and managers become familiar and confident to manage invasive and encroaching brush species with individual plant treatment (IPT) herbicide applications.
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This publication provides practical information about ranch management and is contained in easy-to-read tables and charts that forms a handy reference for ranchers.