Jan. 16, 2007

Master Naturalist Program Seeks Applicants

AUSTIN, Texas— Twenty chapters of the Texas Master Naturalist program are conducting spring training classes for volunteers wanting to learn about natural resource and conservation management.

‘Super Hunt’ Offers Super Experience For Texas Youth

STONEWALL, Texas — Nearly 50 young people from across Texas will take part Jan. 19-21 in what organizers are calling the state’s largest youth deer hunt, thanks to ranchers who have donated free access to their properties and several groups who want to give today’s urban kids more first-hand experience with nature and the outdoors.

Volunteers Set Precedent To Control Invasive Exotic Plant

JASPER, Texas—Message from residents of Karnack, Texas, to giant salvinia: Don’t mess with our lake!

Dec. 15, 2006

State-Fish Art Contest Calls for Entries

ATHENS, Texas — Texas students in grades 4 through 12 are invited to enter the ninth annual Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Contest.

Dec. 11, 2006

Rio Grande Valley State Park New World Birding Center Site

WESLACO, Texas — Build it and the birds will come. That could well be the mantra of the newest wing of the World Birding Center — Estero Llano Grande State Park — that officially opened this past June.

Game Warden Field Notes, Dec. 11, 2006

The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Nov. 13, 2006

Coastal Expos Set for Killeen, Kingsville, Victoria, Valley

KILLEEN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host five upcoming Coastal Expos for the public, starting with events in Killeen Nov. 10–11 and Kingsville Nov. 16–18. Similar expos will take place Feb. 3 in Victoria, Feb. 10 in Harlingen and Feb. 22–24 in Edinburg.

Scientists Mapping Texas Cave With Lasers

AUSTIN, Texas — State-of-the-art mapping equipment will be used at Devil’s Sinkhole State Natural Area during the next three months to produce what is believed to be the most detailed map and pictures ever produced on an entire cave.

Nov. 6, 2006

Hayes Named Shikar-Safari Wildlife Officer of the Year

AUSTIN, Texas — Game Warden Randall Hayes of Weatherford has been named “Texas Wildlife Officer of the Year” by the wildlife conservation and hunting organization Shikar-Safari International.

Oct. 16, 2006

Agreement Reached To Keep Eisenhower State Park Open

The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) have reached an agreement for Eisenhower State Park to continue to operate as a unit of the Texas State Park system. After months of lease negotiations, an agreement was reached in early October for both agencies to continue their long-standing partnership to provide recreational opportunities at Lake Texoma.