El Paso Trans Pecos Zone

Zone Manager: Edward Herrera
Zone Office: 451 O.T. Smith Road, Tornillo, TX 79853
Zone Telephone: (915) 765-2139
Zone Office Email: eptpzone@txbollweevil.org
District Office: Pecos (432) 447-6518

Program Began: 1999
Counties Included: Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, Terrell, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler
2010 Assessment: $20/acre
Failed Acres/Credits: Bt cotton credit - $10/land acre. Acres failed by the final certification date will be credited for 100 percent of the assessment provided fields remain free of hostable cotton after the fail date, that the grower has provided full vehicular access to all fields during the growing season, and that the grower’s account is current.

Status: Declared suppressed for boll weevil. Pink bollworm program continues. Last referendum passed by 95 percent in May 2009.