Master Naturalist Program Seeks Applicants
AUSTIN, Texas – Twenty chapters of the Texas Master Naturalist program are conducting spring training classes for volunteers wanting to learn about natural resource and conservation management.
TPWD News Releases
Dec. 13, 2004
Stay Tuned, Dec. 13, 2004
Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.
Dec. 10, 2004
Lavaca Bay Settlement Provides Restoration, Clean Up
POINT COMFORT, Texas — A team of state and federal agencies today announced two settlement agreements with Alcoa Inc. and Alcoa World Alumina L.L.C. that address mercury-contaminated sediments in Lavaca Bay, ongoing non-permitted discharges of mercury into Lavaca Bay, and soil contamination at the Point Comfort/Lavaca Bay Superfund Site.
Dec. 6, 2004
Whooping Crane Population Reaches Record High
ROCKPORT, Texas — This winter, the world’s last natural wild population of whooping cranes pushed past the 200 mark, a landmark event for an endangered bird species that has come back from the brink of extinction in the past six decades.
Rains Delay Trout Stocking in Guadalupe River
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is delaying the stocking of rainbow trout in the Canyon Tailrace along the Guadalupe River until at least mid-December, due to high water flow.
San Jacinto Marsh Project Wins Coastal America Award
HOUSTON – A project to restore the site of the battle for the independence of Texas from Mexico and to preserve one of the last natural tidal marshes on the Houston Ship Channel has been selected to receive a Coastal America Partnership award in a recognition event set for Dec. 9.
New Landowner Brochure Offers Advice
AUSTIN, Texas — The Private Lands and Public Hunting Program at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has a new brochure available — primarily for new owners of rural land.
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Dec. 6, 2004
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Stay Tuned, Dec. 6, 2004
Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.
Nov. 23, 2004
Low-Water Crossings Are No. 1 Cause for Weather-Related Deaths in Texas; Wardens Rescuing Flood Victims
UNDATED – If you think you can make it across water in the road, think again and opt to take the long way home.