ALPINE — In an effort to investigate an alarming and unexplained decline of pronghorn in far West Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has awarded a 3-year $111,210 grant to the Borderlands Research Institute for Natural Resource Management at Sul Ross State University.
The Advisory Panel on Recreational Boating Safety will convene at 10 a.m. Oct. 1 in room E2.026 inside the capitol extension at 1400 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas.
QUITAQUE – The Wildlife Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has shifted management of the Caprock Canyons State Park bison herd to TPWD’s State Parks Division. Park employees say the shift will bring about some exciting changes, including expanding the grazing range of the official Texas State Bison Herd from a half-section enclosure to eventually the whole state park over time and thus increasing viewing opportunities for park visitors.
LAKE CONROE — The Toyota Texas Bass Classic, a Professional Anglers Association- sanctioned event, returns to Lake Conroe Oct. 1—3. The competition benefits Texas Parks & Wildlife Department efforts to introduce young people and urban families to fishing and the outdoors.
ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has long recognized the fact that anglers and agency personnel have common goals and that the best way to make fishing better in Texas is to work together.
ATHENS—A one-day watershed steward workshop will be followed by an evening meeting of the Trinity Basin Conservation Foundation in Athens October 21.
FREDERICKSBURG – State park rangers, outdoor educators, wildlife and fisheries biologists and game wardens from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be on hand to answer questions and provide demonstrations at a mini outdoor exposition to be held Sept. 25 at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.
ATHENS—Staff at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center are gearing up for Halloween at the Hatchery on October 28, and they need the help of local businesses and organizations.
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has hired MESA Design Group of Dallas to lead a master planning and design team that will guide redevelopment of hurricane-ravaged Galveston Island State Park. TPWD also is asking stakeholders to provide their opinions and ideas regarding future park development via a Web survey.
BANDERA – Saddle up and experience a slice of the Old West at the inaugural Cowboy Capital Cattle Drive taking place Oct. 15-17 at Hill Country State Natural Area.