Game Wardens Investigate Fatal Boating Accident at Lake Fork
AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Game Wardens are investigating a double fatality boating accident on Lake Fork.
TPWD News Releases
July 2, 2013
June 27, 2013
Game Warden Field Notes, June 27, 2013
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
June 25, 2013
Texas Game Wardens Seize 10,000-plus Feet of Gill Net and Nearly 2 Tons of Marijuana
AUSTIN – Texas game wardens have concluded two separate week-long enforcement operations in South Texas that led to the seizure of more than 10,000 feet of illegal gill net, approximately two tons of marijuana, and the filing of numerous other criminal cases.
June 18, 2013
Game Warden Field Notes, June 18, 2013
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
May 28, 2013
Charges Filed in Galveston Hit-and-Run Boating Accident
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens have filed felony charges against a Galveston man accused of failing to stop and render aid while operating a motorboat that collided with a sailboat in the Galveston Channel Sunday night.
May 16, 2013
Texas Parks and Wildlife Creates New Marine Investigations Unit
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Division has formed a new Marine Investigations Unit made up of Texas game wardens who will work to combat boat theft, personal watercraft theft and related fraud.
April 30, 2013
Texas Game Warden Recognized by Texas Environmental Enforcement Task Force
AUSTIN — The Texas Environmental Law Enforcement Association (TELEA) has recognized Texas game warden Sgt. Robert Waggett as the state’s 2013 Environmental Investigator of the Year.
April 9, 2013
Hitchhiker Stopped at Local Gas Station
ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries biologist Robert J. Mauk of Wichita Falls tells how a routine refueling stop at a gas station turned into something quite out of the ordinary.
April 8, 2013
Texas Game Wardens Seize Illegally Hunted Wildlife Mounts and Drugs in Williamson County
TEMPLE — Texas Game Wardens and Williamson County sheriff’s deputies serving a search warrant at a Williamson County residence over the weekend seized a collection of illegally taken wildlife mounts, a quantity of marijuana and $4,000 in cash.
April 5, 2013
State Game Wardens Seize Nearly $4 Million Worth of Marijuana on Lower Border
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens have seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4 million.