Certified prescribed burn manager monitors a prescribed fire as flames reduce vegetation and hazardous fuels in a wooded area.

Texas A&M Forest Service today launched the Texas Prescribed Burn Manager Insurance Program to provide liability protection for qualified certified and insured prescribed burn managers.

Aircraft in flight above a sunlit landscape.

Texas’ ability to detect, track and fight wildfires is growing even stronger with the acquisition of three new multi-mission aircraft for Texas A&M Forest Service.

Helicopter drops red fire retardant over a wildfire area while firefighters watch from the ground.

Texas A&M Forest Service is building a state-managed fleet of wildland firefighting aircraft, beginning with the purchase of two SUBARU Bell 412EPX helicopters.

Dual logos for texas A&M forest service and the texas a&m university system

Al Davis, formerly interim director for the Texas A&M Forest Service, has now been appointed director by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents in a special telephonic meeting on June 14.