County to get trap for feral hog issues

BURLESON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS are joined by Ashley James and Briana Mackey, second and third from the left, and by Eric Zimmerman and John Grange, far right. The commissioners include Vincent Svec, Burleson County Judge Keith Schroeder, and Commissioners David Hildebrand and Bobby Urbanosky.
BURLESON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS are joined by Ashley James and Briana Mackey, second and third from the left, and by Eric Zimmerman and John Grange, far right. The commissioners include Vincent Svec, Burleson County Judge Keith Schroeder, and Commissioners David Hildebrand and Bobby Urbanosky.

Burleson County will soon have access to a feral hog trapping system in cooperation with Prairie View A&M University’s Cooperative Extension Program, allowing local landowners to use a free trap on a rotating basis.

The announcement was made on Monday, Feb. 23, by Prairie View A&M officials in a presentation to the Burleson County Commissioners.

Local landowners and county officials have lon…