Farming > Forestry
Texas A&M Forest Service was created in 1915 out of a need for a conservation plan and state forester for Texas.
In November 1914, W. Goodrich Jones and conservation-minded leaders in Temple, Texas created the Texas Forestry Association, a non-partisan, non-profit organization and lobbied to form a state forestry agency and develop a statewide plan for forest conservation.
Texas lawmakers created a new state agency and entrusted in it the responsibilities of monitoring and protecting the state’s forests. March 31, 1915, House Bill No. 9, An Act to Promote Forest Interests in the State created the Department of Forestry, subsequently renamed Texas Forest Service and now called Texas A&M Forest Servic
Details
- Last Updated
- 09/Dec/2023
- Contact
- Adam Turner
- [email protected]
- Phone
- (325) 944-0065
- Website
- http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/
- Address
- 3900 Mercedes StSan Angelo, TX 76901
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