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  • Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Urban and Municipal Park 2025 Program Series
    We are excited to conduct our 2025 series to support local practitioners, leaders, and advocates as they plan, create, and maintain spaces and places for their communities. These innovative and hands-on sessions are designed to equip attendees with the skills and knowledge needed to start or enhance existing efforts. Key Highlights of the Programs: Evidence-based:Texas A&M AgriLife Extension teaches evidence-based processes and practices based on related research and applied research case studies. Relevant to Communities… Read More →
  • Aggie Turf Day 2024
    Can’t wait to teach about Planning Tools at Aggie Turf Day 2024! Click to here learn more. Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 7:15 a.m. Texas A&M AgriLife Water and Land Resources Building 17360 Coit Road Dallas, Texas The 2024 Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day will be held at the Water and Land Resource Building at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. This is an excellent opportunity… Read More →

Check out our online courses on AgriLife Learn for the Pros in Parks Series 


We are excited to work collaboratively with our colleagues in Nutrition, Ag Economics, and Early Childcare on Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s Working on Wellness Environment’s Program. Learn more about WOW-E at wowe.tamu.edu 


AgriLife Extension has recently released John Crompton’s Parkland Dedication: Optimizing an Underutilized Resource. As communities continue to manage fast-growing populations and land development, local leaders need tools to address the associated and inherent need to proportionally increase park and green infrastructure. The publication guides professionals through the principles and evolution of parkland dedication, calculating the amount of a parkland dedication, and political considerations.

Grab your copy here today!