Pecos County
County in TexasWikipedia
48
MENTIONS
39
EPISODES
29
PODCASTS
Search complete. 48 mentions across 39 episodes found for "Pecos County".
Nov 4, 2026
Kerry MartinHOST
Gary Joyner has more.
Gary JoynerCORRESPONDENT
I'm in Waco and the Texas Farm Bureau Resolutions Committee has just completed its work and chairing the committee this year is Warren Coode, a rancher from Pecos County.
Gary JoynerCORRESPONDENT
Mr. Coode, what were some of the topics of interest for the Resolutions Committee this year?
Warren CoodeGUEST
Well, as always, water, data centers, power lines that are going across the state of Texas, private property rights, just a slew of things that affect producers daily and things that are coming up in the future that we have to look at.
Heather LanderHOST
There's also the wildlife question.
Heather LanderHOST
On October 21, USDA announced an infestation in an elk in Pecos County, Texas, the first confirmed U.S. case in wildlife.
Heather LanderHOST
The dashboard now lists five wild screwworm fly trap detections, up from the one fly we discussed last time.
Heather LanderHOST
A trap detection can't tell us where that fly developed, which animal it came from, or whether a breeding population is now sustaining itself in that area.
speaker_3PANELIST
Yeah, yep, the steeple.
speaker_3PANELIST
Pecos County Cowboy Church is going to be it.
speaker_1PANELIST
Yee-haw.
speaker_1PANELIST
I'll see y'all then.
12 MINS LATER
speaker_3PANELIST
churches are full of crazy people, so I assumed that was just a normal thing.
speaker_3PANELIST
You're telling me that's not normal?
speaker_4PANELIST
I mean, in Pecos County, Texas, I'm pretty sure desecrating church statues is probably one of the more socially unacceptable sins.
speaker_3PANELIST
Right, right, up there.
Mariann SullivanHOST
And he or she was on a private game ranch.
Mariann SullivanHOST
So, you know, he or she was born to die in Pecos County, Texas.
Mariann SullivanHOST
And they reported it right away, which, you know, there's an air of approval.
Mariann SullivanHOST
Like, God knows what they do if they don't report it.
Kerry MartinHOST
State and federal officials confirmed the first case of New World Screw Worms in wildlife in the U.S.,
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, screwworms were found in a hunter-harvested female elk at a game ranch in Pecos County.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
TPWD says the confirmation highlights the critical role hunters, landowners, outdoor enthusiasts, and wildlife professionals play in helping detect and manage the spread of New World screwworms.
Jessica DomelCORRESPONDENT
Hunters are encouraged to inspect their harvest before field dressing or moving the carcass of wildlife they harvest.
Joshua RhodesHOST
There's a couple.
Joshua RhodesHOST
Pecos County's got a big old squiggly line on it too out there.
Drew DarbyGUEST
We don't have a lot of squiggly lines in my part of the world.
Drew DarbyGUEST
It's all pasture land and crop land.
Ashley SmithHOST
Wow.
Ashley SmithHOST
So Texas Park and Wildlife put this out in Pecos County.
Ashley SmithHOST
And so they are asking people.
Ashley SmithHOST
It's been identified.
Mariann SullivanHOST
And he or she was on a private game ranch.
Mariann SullivanHOST
So, you know, he or she was born to die in Pecos County, Texas.
Mariann SullivanHOST
And they reported it right away, which, you know, there's an air of approval.
Mariann SullivanHOST
Like, God knows what they do if they don't report it.
speaker_0HOST
Separately, an October 23rd Texas animal health order released portions of Crockett and Pecos counties from Zone 12.A while retaining restrictions in the remaining Zone 12.B.
speaker_0HOST
The earlier Pecos County elk detection remains a separate wildlife finding.
speaker_0HOST
APHIS schedules Columbus, New Mexico for cattle import reopening October 26th.
speaker_0HOST
Actual arrivals are not confirmed.
Tyne MorganHOST
Coincidentally, the updates came as USDA reported its first case of New World screwworm in wildlife.
Tyne MorganHOST
A game ranch in Pecos County, TX reported an elk with NWS.
Tyne MorganHOST
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins shared two new ways USDA will support cotton growers.
Tyne MorganHOST
It's an extension of the Great American Cotton Plan.
29 more episodes mention Pecos County.
Create an account to see the whole feed, search across every transcript, and follow the entities you care about.