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Prescribed Burn - Man with Torch

Returning Prescribed Fire to Bastrop State Park

June 2025

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is planning to restart prescribed fire efforts at Bastrop State Park in the Fall of 2025.

Bighorn Sheep Lede Hero

Desert Bighorn Sheep Restoration

October 2024

The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will begin releasing desert bighorn sheep at the Franklin Mountains State Park starting in October 2024.

Red Drum Fingerling in Hand

1 Billionth Fish Release

July 2024

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has been stocking saltwater fish into Texas bays for more than 40 years to revitalize historic fisheries and speed up the recovery of overfished stocks. The billionth fish will be was on July 31, 2024.

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