Central Texas Soil and Water Conservation District

06/11/2026

NRCS in Texas Announces State Technical Committee Meeting

NRCS in Texas Announces State Technical Committee Meeting Farmers.gov sent this bulletin at 06/11/2026 09:16 AM EDT View as a webpage / Share NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release June 11, 2026 Contacts Adele Swearingen [email protected] NRCS in Texas Announces State Technical Committee Meeting...

05/06/2026

Texas continues to experience widespread drought, with significant areas showing moderate to extreme dryness, and long-range outlooks suggesting drought may persist or expand without notable precipitation in the coming months.

For more information and updates, follow the Drought Monitor here.

To see or report current drought impacts, please visit the Drought Impacts Toolkit, where you can find impacts from media in the Drought Impact Reporter and from citizen scientists and other volunteer observers under Condition Monitoring Observations.

04/30/2026

USDA Announces $52 Million to Boost Public Access to Private Lands for Hunting and Fishing

USDA Announces $52 Million to Boost Public Access to Private Lands for Hunting and Fishing Farmers.gov sent this bulletin at 04/29/2026 08:18 AM EDT View as a webpage / Share April 29, 2026 USDA Announces $52 Million to Boost Public Access to Private Lands for Hunting and Fishing USDA is announcing....

04/28/2026

National Association of Conservation District Stewardship Week

04/15/2026

PRAIRIE STRIP ESTABLISHMENT

A one minute introduction to prairie strips management and the first video in a series of six. The prairie strip in the video is located at the Iowa State Un...

04/15/2026

PRAIRIE STRIPS

Prairies of the past can be a modern conservation tool for farmers.Native prairie plants can act as a sponge and slow soil runoff from rain. Research from Io...

04/15/2026

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Farmers in Iowa have added “prairie strips” alongside rows of corn and soybeans to help halt serious environmental challenges inherent to farming. Prairie st...

04/15/2026

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Science-Based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips The STRIPS projectImagine farmland that not only produces abundant crops but also prevents soil erosion, and provides habitat for pollinators and wildlife. The STRIPS project (Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Str...

03/17/2026

Local Work Group - 2026

03/17/2026

https://tcsi.tamu.edu/

The Texas Climate-Smart Initiative is a five-year pilot project to foster climate-smart agriculture for all major commodities in Texas and create market opportunities for the commodities.