Tx A&M Forest Service

Suspect Indicted by Grand Jury for 3rd Degree Felony Timber Fraud in Jasper County

March 7, 2021 – Troy Grice of Groveton, Texas, was indicted on February 25, 2021, by a grand jury in Jasper County on the charge of Timber Purchase as Trustee with Intent to Defraud. Grice is charged with defrauding a Jasper County landowner of between $20,000 and $100,000 worth of timber – a felony of the third degree.

Timber theft can take a variety of forms – from harvesting timber without the landowner’s knowledge or consent, to entering into a formal agreement, harvesting a landowners timber, and then not paying them the full purchase price.

Funds Available for Forest Thinning Through Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program

September 8, 2020 - Texas A&M Forest Service is now accepting applications for the 2020 Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Prevention Cost-Share Program. Through this program, eligible forest landowners can receive financial and technical assistance related to reducing the threat of future SPB infestations and outbreaks.

Funds provided by USDA Forest Service-Region 8 and Forest Health Protection can assist landowners with conducting first thin operations in overly dense, pulpwood sized pine stands in 21 East Texas counties.

After Hurricane Laura Forest Landowners Can Seek Help with Damaged Timber

September 4, 2020 - Hurricane Laura trended eastward as it made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana on August 27, 2020, sparing most of the state of Texas from its damaging winds and flooding. However, portions of some of the state’s southeastern counties did experience damage to homes, businesses and timberland.   

To help landowners remain resilient and productive in the face of such natural disasters, Texas A&M Forest Service developed a webpage containing steps that can be taken to recover from hurricane events.

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