Feb. 26, 2025

Public Input Sought on Proposed Texas Hunting Regulation Changes for 2025-26

AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is accepting public comment until March 27 for the following proposed changes to the 2025-26 Statewide Hunting and Migratory Game Bird proclamations:

Lake Tawakoni Delivers its First Legacy Class ShareLunker

ATHENS – Angler Clayton Braddock of Argyle reeled in Lake Tawakoni’s grand entry into the Toyota ShareLunker program Sunday, catching the waterbody’s first Legacy Class fish.

Feb. 24, 2025

Oportunidades de Educación de Pesca en Familia Ofrecidas para Todos los Texanos esta Primavera

AUSTIN – El Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas (TPWD) se está asociando con Fishing’s Future y el Fondo Educativo George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar para ofrecer oportunidades de educación de pesca a familias en Houston y en el Valle de Río Grande.

Family Fishing Education Opportunities Offered for Texans this Spring

AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is partnering with Fishing’s Future and the George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar Education Fund to provide fishing education opportunities for families in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley.

Feb. 21, 2025

East Texas Fire and Nature Festival Coming to Tyler Nature Center in April

TYLER — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department invites the public to learn about the importance of fire in nature at the East Texas Fire and Nature Festival.

Feb. 20, 2025

National Invasive Species Awareness Week Feb. 24-28, Supports Initiatives to Prevent Harmful, Non-Native Plants and Wildlife

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) encourages Texans to take steps to prevent the introduction and spread of harmful invasive species that negatively impact the state’s natural resources and economy. National Invasive Species Awareness Week, scheduled for Feb. 24 – 28, is an initiative to raise awareness of the threats of invasive species and provide solutions on how to prevent their spread.

O.H. Ivie Gets its Second Legacy Class ShareLunker of 2025

ATHENS – O.H. Ivie stepped back on stage Saturday morning with its second Legacy Class largemouth bass of the 2025 Toyota ShareLunker collection season. O.H. Ivie, which has been the dominant waterbody for big bass during the past few collection seasons, kicked the year off with the first Legacy Class fish on Jan. 2.

Feb. 19, 2025

Angler Catches Same ShareLunker Fish Twice in Two Years

ATHENS – Nearly two years to the day after reeling in ShareLunker 641 from Lake Alan Henry, angler Ross Gomez caught a 14.78-pound bass only to discover it was the same fish.

Feb. 14, 2025

TPWD Abrirá un área de Cosecha de Ostras en la Bahía de Matagorda

AUSTIN – El Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas (TPWD) abrirá el área de TX-18 en Matagorda Bay a la cosecha comercial y recreativa de ostras a partir de las 12:01 a.m. del martes 18 de febrero.

TPWD to Open Oyster Harvest Area in Matagorda Bay

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is opening TX-18 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18.