Dec. 2017 — ROCKPORT, Texas — Months after Hurricane Harvey
hit Texas, Texas A&M Forest Service employees are continuing their work
with Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,
Texas Division of Emergency Management and Texas A&M Engineering Extension
Service to remove and burn vegetative debris left by the hurricane.
The vegetative debris burn site is located in Aransas County,
one of the areas heavily affected by Harvey. Over 90 Texas A&M Forest
Service employees have been working with state and local government partners to
burn over 10,000 tons of vegetative storm debris since the site opened in October.
“The operation in
Rockport is a great example of the TFS spirit,” said Texas A&M Forest
Service Assistant Chief Regional Fire Coordinator Guy Duncan. “We were tasked
with something that’s never been done, asked to make a plan with multiple
agencies and implement it. The abilities and ingenuity of all the TFS employees
is very impressive along with their work effort.”
The burn site uses a device called box burners which reduce
the amount of smoke produced by burning the vegetative debris delivered by
Texas Department of Transportation.
To learn more about Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts visit www.rebuildtexas.today.