TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR BILL OATES RETIRES
September 07, 2024
September 07, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 7 -- The Texas A&M Forest Service issued the following news:
After 43 years of leadership and dedication to Texas A&M Forest Service, Bill Oates, Associate Director and private landowner rights champion, retires.
Oates--known in the agency and around the state as an outspoken personality--might surprise you. His ceiling-high collection of 1970s soft and acid rock vinyl records ring through the halls from the stereo speakers almost every day . . .
After 43 years of leadership and dedication to Texas A&M Forest Service, Bill Oates, Associate Director and private landowner rights champion, retires.
Oates--known in the agency and around the state as an outspoken personality--might surprise you. His ceiling-high collection of 1970s soft and acid rock vinyl records ring through the halls from the stereo speakers almost every day . . .