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Sept. 20, 2004

International Pilot Program To Fight Salt Cedar

PRESIDIO, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is teaming up with the Rio Grande Institute, the National Park Service, and Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas in Mexico to help control a nemesis of the Rio Grande.

Sept. 13, 2004

Adventures of the Game Warden Cadet Class of 2004

AUSTIN, Texas — This year’s game warden cadet class has fanned out across Texas since June and is encountering the tragic, the triumphant and the twisted.

Sept. 7, 2004

Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo Offers Free Family Fun Oct. 2-3

AUSTIN, Texas — America’s largest free, family-oriented festival of the outdoors takes place here the weekend of Oct. 2-3. The 13th annual Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo will allow tens of thousands of visitors to try fishing, shooting, kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing and more, all at no cost.

TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Sept. 7, 2004

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

Aug. 30, 2004

Texas Game Wardens Top 10 Check-List for Hunters

AUSTIN, Texas — With the beginning of hunting season, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens would like to remind hunters to have fun, be safe and BE LEGAL.

TPW Commission Awards $12.5 Million in Grants

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved $12,477,119 in grants Aug. 26 to build or improve local parks, regional parks, small community parks, recreational trails and target ranges across the state.

Proposal Would Protect Seagrass, Fisheries in Redfish Bay

ROCKPORT, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is seeking public input on a proposal to create mandatory "propeller up" zones for motorboats in parts of Redfish Bay where biologists have been testing voluntary zones since 2000. The proposal is part of a continuing effort to find the most effective means of protecting sensitive seagrass in areas of high boat traffic.

Project Wild Reaches 44 Houston Schools

HOUSTON — Houston teachers in 44 elementary schools are learning to bring nature and the outdoors into the classroom using award-winning program Project WILD "Wildlife in Learning Design." This is the largest training of its kind ever undertaken by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Aug. 23, 2004

Conditions Right for Dove Season

AUSTIN, Texas — While there may not be as many hunters in the field for the start of dove season in the North and Central Zones because of a Sept. 1 midweek opener, there should be no shortage of birds, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Olympian To Train Texas Teachers in Archery for Schools

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas teachers will have an opportunity to learn from one of the world’s elite archers, former Olympic gold medalist Rod White, and pass those skills on to their students as part of a new National Archery in Schools program.