Hays County will continue its participation in a feral hog abatement program with help from a Texas A&M Agrilife Extension grant.
At its meeting Tuesday morning, the Hays County Commissioners Court approved an interlocal agreement with the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service for the Feral Hog Abatement Program. The $13,100 grant provides funding assistance for the program, which will help reduce the feral hog population in the county. Hays County participates in co-managed regional feral hog abatement efforts along with Caldwell and Guadalupe counties.
The commissioners also approved an interlocal agreement with Texas State University’s Meadows Center for Water and the Environment for professional services related to the feral hog program. Precinct 2 Commissioner Mark Jones explained that the Agrilife Extension Service grant will pay for professional services from the Meadows Center, which will include project management, four landowner outreach events, a damage assessment, website development, a social media campaign and other elements of the program. Jones said this is the fifth or sixth year that Hays County has participated in the feral hog abatement program.
