Texas A&M Forest Service encourages wildfire preparedness ahead of summer

  • GARZA FIRES The Sheriff’s Department and the Volunteer Fire Department kept busy during Memorial Day weekend including putting out fires west of Post, in the median of 84. Although the cause is unknown, Sheriff Terry Morgan says, “This time of year, with it being so dry, a lot of times a chain from a trailer can make a spark and ignite it.” | ANNA GIBSON PHOTO
    GARZA FIRES The Sheriff’s Department and the Volunteer Fire Department kept busy during Memorial Day weekend including putting out fires west of Post, in the median of 84. Although the cause is unknown, Sheriff Terry Morgan says, “This time of year, with it being so dry, a lot of times a chain from a trailer can make a spark and ignite it.” | ANNA GIBSON PHOTO

    COLLEGE STATION, Texas — As Memorial Day unofficially kicks off summer this weekend, Texans should prepare for wildfires.

    The potential for wildfire activity will be limited to the Trans Pecos and western High Plains regions of the state this weekend. Hot and dry conditions will dry vegetation in these areas and elevated fire weather may support the ignition of small wildfires.

    “Though recent rains …