Public Help Sought To Name Oxen at Living History Farm
WASHINGTON, Texas – The staff at Barrington Living History Farm is seeking the public’s help in naming twin Pineywoods bull calves born at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site.
TPWD News Releases
Dec. 13, 2004
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.
Dec. 6, 2004
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Dec. 6, 2004
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Nov. 22, 2004
Rainbow Trout To Star in Texas State Parks’ Family Fishing Celebration
AUSTIN, Texas — You won’t need a fishing license this winter to try your luck at hooking one of the thousands of rainbow trout being stocked in lakes and rivers at more than a dozen Texas state parks.
Texas State Parks Plan Host of Holiday Festivities
AUSTIN, Texas — The limestone walls of the Indian Council Room deep within the bowels of historic Longhorn Cavern near Burnet will ring with the sounds of the holiday season at three special Caroling in the Cave performances. The Longhorn Cavern State Park event is just one of a number of holiday events taking place at Texas state parks and historic sites this season.
School Wagon Train To Retrace Gold Rush History
EL PASO, Texas – In January, dozens of students from Texas and California will board horse-drawn wagons to retrace the route of gold rush adventurer William P. Huff, whose 300,000-word diary shares the most detailed account available of the less-known southern gold rush trail, recounting Huff’s mid-1800’s trip from near Houston to near Fresno, California.
Art Show and Sale Upcoming at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas—Terry Jones of Jewett turns trash into treasure—metal sculptures that look like prehistoric fish despite being made of old saw blades, meat grinders, car parts and anything else that strikes his fancy.
Fishy Chicken Bones to be Sold on eBay
ATHENS, Texas—The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center has a collection of slightly used chicken bones, the remains of chicken leg quarters fed to Splash, the 121.5-pound world record blue catfish at the center.
Nov. 1, 2004
Oliver North To Speak at Veteran’s Day Ceremony
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — Oliver L. North, combat-decorated Marine, author, and host of War Stories With Oliver North on the Fox News Channel, will recognize America’s veterans for their contributions in keeping our country free and strong as a speaker at the annual Veteran’s Day commemoration at the Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site—National Museum of the Pacific War.
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Nov. 1, 2004
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.