AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has just made it a little easier for city folk to enjoy life outdoors with the launch of a series of urban maps called “State Parks Near You.”
AUSTIN, Texas — Walter Heymann was a two-time winner in this year’s Great Texas Birding Classic. Not only did his team take first place in the Gliders Division (birders age 14-18), but he also personally raised $956 that he recently donated this summer to the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, an unprecedented achievement in youth fundraising during the classic.
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UNDATED — A former regional director who has a long history of working on Texas conservation issues has been tapped to become the new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington DC.
UNDATED – Does the "Open Container" law apply when I’m in my boat?
AUSTIN, Texas — “The buzz” is that Lubbock had its first confirmed sighting of a White-eared Hummingbird recently and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists are seeking the public’s help in tracking this rare bird and others around Texas.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Hunter education is more than a legal requirement in Texas–statistics show it saves lives. People getting ready for fall hunting are reminded of two things: those who purchased hunter education deferrals last year will need hunter education this year, and there are hundreds of courses scheduled across Texas where they can fulfill that requirement.
AUSTIN, Texas — The transfer of boats and motors appears to be getting sloppier, with more and more people not getting titles, some sellers altering sale prices on transfer documents to avoid higher taxes and others who are inadvertently purchasing stolen crafts. So game wardens want to advise people to treat the buying or selling of a boat like they would that of an automobile.