Grazing

A grazing workshop for land managers and livestock and wildlife producers will be held Oct. 1.

"My Piece of Texas" grazing school will teach participants how to estimate forage production, determine grazeable acres and set proper stocking rates, as well as learn grazing management principles.

The seminar is scheduled Oct. 1 at the Bee County Expo Center in Beeville. Registration is $25 and includes lunch and a copy of the soon-to-bepublished handbook, "Managing My Piece of Texas."

Morning sessions at the workshops will feature grazing experts from GLCI, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas AgriLife Research and NRCS who will discuss grazing basics and strategies.

After lunch, participants will head outdoors for in-thefield demonstrations of cattle habitats, grazeable acres, grazing evaluation of forages, adjustment evaluations and how to determine stocking rates.

To register, phone (361) 362- 3280.

Hurricane Ike

Texas AgriLife Extension Service and a number of state agencies and associations, including Texas Farm Bureau, have joined to create a resource staging area, feed collection and transportation network to address the immediate needs of cattle and horses victimized by Hurricane Ike.

Chambers and Jefferson counties have about 20,000 head of cattle and some horses that are still in the flood surge zone and haven't had anything to eat or drink since the storm surge hit, officials said. Those animals have got to get some water and dry hay fairly quickly and nearly all the fences are down, the official continued.

Financial donations can be made online at agrilifevents.tamu.edu. Follow the prompts for "No fences." Donors also may phone (979) 845-2604. Donations of hay, feed and transportation service will be handled by the Texas Department of Agriculture by phoning the Hay Hotline at (877) 429-1998 or by phoning (800) 835-5832 and pressing zero at the prompt.

Watershed

The Texas Watershed Steward Program is a free, one-day educational workshop designed to help watershed residents improve and protect their water resources by getting involved in local watershed protection and management activities.

A program is set Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lampasas County Farm Bureau and will focus on water quality issues in the Lampasas River watershed, as well as efforts by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas AgriLife Research and other entities to help improve water quality in the area.

Pre-register at http:// tws.tamu. edu or phone the Lampasas County Extension Service at 556-8271 for information.