News Radio 710 KEEL » mike strain http://710keel.com Depend On It! Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:21:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Annual Seedling Sale Comes To NWLA http://710keel.com/annual-seedling-sale-comes-to-nwla/ http://710keel.com/annual-seedling-sale-comes-to-nwla/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:45 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=51277 The annual Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s (LDAF) Shade Tree Sale will be held at various district forestry offices and other locations throughout the state the week of Feb. 27 through March 2, Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said.

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]]> http://710keel.com/annual-seedling-sale-comes-to-nwla/feed/ 0 Caddo Wildfires are Out — Hot Spots Remain http://710keel.com/caddo-wildfires-are-out-hot-spots-remain/ http://710keel.com/caddo-wildfires-are-out-hot-spots-remain/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:48:36 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=14500 Six separate wildfires in central and northern Caddo Parish are out -- now the cleanup is underway.  Firefighters on the ground and National Guard troops in the air are looking  looking for and dousing hot spots.

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]]> http://710keel.com/caddo-wildfires-are-out-hot-spots-remain/feed/ 0 Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images Wildfire Burning in Northern Caddo Parish http://710keel.com/wildfire-burning-in-northern-caddo-parish/ http://710keel.com/wildfire-burning-in-northern-caddo-parish/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:27:39 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=14447 Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images
A wildfire is raging in northern Caddo Parish -- despite the limited amount of rain we got over the weekend. And that's prompted Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain to issue a warning to all residents north of Oil City to be prepared to evacuate if law enforcement officials should tell them to do so.

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]]> http://710keel.com/wildfire-burning-in-northern-caddo-parish/feed/ 0 Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images Desoto and Red River Declared Disaster Areas http://710keel.com/desote-and-red-river-declared-disaster-areas/ http://710keel.com/desote-and-red-river-declared-disaster-areas/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:49:12 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=8287 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared DeSoto and Red River Parishes as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by tornadoes that occurred on April 26 and 27. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/desote-and-red-river-declared-disaster-areas/feed/ 0 drawing courtesy LDAF Strain to Head Trade Group http://710keel.com/strain-to-head-trade-group/ http://710keel.com/strain-to-head-trade-group/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:47:18 +0000 John Lee http://710keel.com/?p=7579
Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain has been elected president of the Southern United States Trade Association...or "SUSTA," as it's commonly called.

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