Please join us on November 8 as we welcome Professor Faoud Jabar, PhD, PE. Dr. Jabar is a Professor and Integrated Water Resources Management Extension Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension located in Dallas, and he will be speaking on Nature-based Solutions for Water Quality and Flood Mitigation.
AgriLife Extension
2022 August – Chase T. Brooke | Conservation in Collin County: opportunities, challenges, and goals for our natural spaces.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 7 PM CST Chase T. Brooke is the Agriculture and Natural Resources County Extension Agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Collin County. He works with… Read More →
Call for Virtual Volunteer Fair projects
Texas Master Naturalists – please share the following with your conservation partners and natural resource organizations . . . . Have a project idea but need help doing it? Do… Read More →
Collin County Photography Contest
Collin County Extension Office is hosting our first open photography contest this summer. The theme for this year’s contest is Texas Agriculture, and is open to any resident of Collin County. We have an adult and youth category.
15 Baffling Cicada Facts
Article Submission by Tony Manasseri, 2007 The year of the cicada has received lots of hype in the radio media. People rescheduling outdoor weddings, sharing recipes, relating experiences. Author of… Read More →
Carnage in Collin County
By Duane Mortensen
In early fall I could often find another robber fly [Promachus hinei]. One day I saw one had caught a paper wasp. Again, I could take my time getting its portrait. It was quite impressive how the fly would control the wasp with its legs.
2020 December – Chase Brooke | The Junipers of Texas
Tuesday, December 8, 7pm Monthly online “Zoom” Meeting Junipers are a ubiquitous sight across Texas. From the trans-Pecos to the piney woods, most ecoregions in Texas have at least one… Read More →
Covid-19 Update for Collin County through 12/6/2020
Collin Country is at Red Level Guidelines through 12/6/20 No face-to-face Extension-hosted or Extension-sponsored events. No guest speaking or presenting at other entities’ events. No overnight events. No travel is… Read More →
And now a word from our sponsor:
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is urging Texans to take extreme precaution when receiving unsolicited seed packets from China. These packets have been mailed to multiple states, including Texas, falsely labeled as jewelry. Residents are advised not to plant the seeds as they could contain harmful invasive species or be otherwise unsafe.