Staff Reports
A Lone Star Healthy Streams workshop will be held on Sept. 29 at Gold Hall, 101 Elm St., Hallsville. This is a multi-county event hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk and Upshur counties.
The Sept. 29 Lone Star Healthy Streams workshop in Hallsville will cover how to improve water quality and protect East Texas watersheds from contamination. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Ronald Billings)
The conference is offered as a joint effort by AgriLife Extension and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board.
The free workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2p.m. with lunch provided. An RSVP is required by Sept. 25 to one of the hosting counties. An RSVP is required by Sept. 25 to one of the hosting counties AgriLife Extension offices.
Three Texas Department of Agriculture integrated pest management continuing education units will be available. Advanced training credits will also be offered to Texas Master Naturalists who attend the event.
For more information, contact Wiley at 979-240-8407 or leanne.wiley@ag.tamu.edu; or AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agents Matt Garrett in Harrison County at 903-935-8413 or matt.garrett@ag.tamu.edu.