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Body USDA NRCS sets Agricultural Conservation Easement Program funding date TEMPLE—USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Texas is accepting applications for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP).

Body HEMPHILL COUNTY—Hemphill County U.S.

Body AUSTIN—This week, Railroad Commission of Texas commissioners adopted rules for critical designation of natural gas infrastructure to help protect Texans in energy emergencies.

Body An Estate Planning Workshop will be held on Dec. 14 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Randall County. The free program will be from 9 am to 12:30 pm at the Kuhlman Extension Center, 200 N. Brown Road, Canyon.

Body CANADIAN—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has started mailing ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country.

Body DAV (Disabled American Veterans) and RecruitMilitary® will co-host a Virtual Veterans Job Fair, Nov. 23 from 11 am to 3 pm. The event is free to veterans, their spouses, active-duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and Reserve.

Body EDGEFIELD, S.C.—The National Wild Turkey Federation announces a new landscapescale initiative addressing critically urgent conservation needs in riparian ecosystems throughout its America’s ‘Big Six’ of wildlife conservation regions.

Body AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.07 billion in local sales tax allocations for November—20.6 percent more than in November 2020.

Body AUSTIN—The Texas Railroad Commission issued a total of 768 original drilling permits in October 2021, compared to 395 in October 2020, including 689 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, 10 to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 60 for recompletions of existing wellbores.

Body The Hemphill County NRCS has hired southern New Mexico native Hailey Frost to serve as the new biologist for the Canadian field office.