Mr. Hughes Simpson
Texas A&M Forest Service
hsimpson@tfs.tamu.edu

Hughes Simpson coordinates the agency’s Water Resources and Ecosystem Services programs. In this position, he provides statewide leadership on water resource and environmental issues, forest sustainability, and market-based conservation initiatives for the agency. This includes pursuing funding mechanisms, maintaining contact with the regulatory community, monitoring forest policy issues, and directing personnel and resources to achieve program objectives.

Hughes earned a Bachelor of Science in Forest Resource Management from Clemson University. Ever since joining the agency in 2000, he has been active in professional organizations, holding offices in the Society of American Foresters and serving on numerous committees of the Texas Forestry Association (TFA) and Southern Group of State Foresters (SGSF). He is a past chairman of the SGSF Water Resources Committee (2011-2012) and currently chairs TFA’s Environmental and Regulatory Affairs Committee and BMP Task Force. Hughes served on the TFA Board of Directors from 2006-2008, received the Forestry Leadership Award from the Texas Society of American Foresters in 2006, became a SAF Certified Forester® in 2007, and graduated from the TFS Leadership Enrichment Program, Class II in 2012.