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April 8, 2013

San Jacinto Festival, Battle Re-enactment Set for April 20

LAPORTE – Hundreds of history re-enactors will recreate the events leading up to the Battle of San Jacinto that won Texas its independence with booming cannons, cracking musket fire, thundering hooves and battle cries at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site on Saturday, April 20.

March 28, 2013

Lake Austin Pumps out Another Toyota ShareLunker

ATHENS—Lake Austin continued to solidify its ranking as one of the best trophy bass lakes in Texas with Toyota ShareLunker 548, caught March 27 by Round Rock angler Colin Pack while fishing in a Texas Tournament Zone tournament.

March 21, 2013

Louisiana Angler Lands Latest ShareLunker

ATHENS—Donald Deville of Ville Platte, Louisiana makes regular visits to Lake Fork with friends and family to fish for big bass, but he had never landed a double-digit fish.

March 20, 2013

Get Ready for Summer Fun at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center April 6

ATHENS—The annual Outdoor Fools Day event at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens has two goals: To let you know what’s out there to enjoy, and to teach you how to do it.

Lake Amon G. Carter Produces Toyota ShareLunker 546

ATHENS—Once again an angler has proved it’s not the size of the lake that counts, it’s the size of the fish in the lake—at least when it comes to catching big bass.

March 4, 2013

Lake Palestine Joins Ranks of ShareLunker Lakes

ATHENS—Lake Palestine produced its first Toyota ShareLunker March 2, becoming the sixty-fourth public reservoir in Texas to allow an angler to land a 13-pound or larger largemouth bass.

Feb. 28, 2013

Meadows Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Restore Fire-Ravaged Bastrop State Park

DALLAS — Almost two years after a devastating wildfire, signs of new life and activity are springing up once again at Bastrop State Park, thanks in part to the generosity of donors like The Meadows Foundation, which recently awarded the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation a $150,000 grant to help restore the fire-ravaged park.

Feb. 26, 2013

Buffalo Soldiers’ Salute

AUSTIN – Members of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Outreach Program led a room full of state senators, representatives and their staff in the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. and Texas flags, marching in full 19th-Century uniform and formation to post colors during the Community Awards Breakfast for the Texas Legislative Black Caucus African American Legislative Summit at the downtown Hilton Austin hotel earlier today.

Feb. 19, 2013

ShareLunker Bite Heats Up: Lake O’ the Pines, Toledo Bend, Lake Fork

ATHENS—Toyota ShareLunker entries came from three East Texas reservoirs within the last week.

Feb. 12, 2013

Houston Area Hatchery-Aquarium Hosts Free Anniversary Bash Feb. 23

LAKE JACKSON — Sea Center Texas will host its 8th annual Nature Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Feb. 23, and the public is invited to join in the free festivities and help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the 30th anniversary of TPWD Coastal Fish Hatcheries, and Sea Center’s 17th anniversary.