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Dec. 14, 2011

Curso en español de educación de cacería ofrecido en el Este de Texas

ATHENS — El Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department- impartirá un curso en español de educación y seguridad en la caza el 6 y 7 de enero en la ciudad de Athens para cazadores que hablan español e hispanohablantes que están iniciándose en este deporte. El curso cuesta sólo $15 e incluye el manual y el reglamento de caza en español.

Spanish Hunter Education Course Offered in East Texas

ATHENS — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is offering a hunter education course in Spanish on January 6-7 in Athens for Spanish-speaking hunters and individuals who are just getting into the hunting sport. The course is only $15 and includes a manual and the hunting regulations in Spanish.

Nov. 30, 2011

Public Input Sought on Potential Texas Wild-rice Protection

AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department  (TPWD) will hold initial scoping meetings and take public comment on the potential  designation of a segment of the San Marcos River as a new State Scientific Area to protect federally endangered Texas wild-rice and its habitat.

Nov. 14, 2011

Where Will Season’s First Toyota ShareLunker Be Caught?

ATHENS—Only the sound of running water fills the Lunker Bunker at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. The 22 round, 1,500-gallon ShareLunker holding tanks are ready to receive fish.

Nov. 9, 2011

Farm Bill wildlife biologists hired in Texas

A partnership between the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, Playa Lakes Joint Venture and other conservation organizations has recently filled three new Farm Bill wildlife biologist positions in the Texas Panhandle.

Nov. 2, 2011

TPWD Seeks Input on Expanded Seagrass Protection

AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will hold initial scoping meetings and take online comments this winter about two possible regulations changes for 2012, depending on stakeholder input—a new state scientific area to protect seagrass in the Laguna Madre near the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway in Nueces County, and a clarification of emergency rules to protect fish during coastal freezes.

Nov. 1, 2011

Keith Combs Wins Toyota Texas Bass Classic in Dramatic Fashion

CONROE—The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC), the world championship of professional bass fishing, had to go into overtime to crown a champion. Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas, outlasted Mike Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, New Jersey, in an unprecedented sudden death fish-off.

Oct. 26, 2011

Opening Day Means Putting Safety in Your Sights

AUSTIN – With hundreds of thousands of Texans getting ready for opening day of the general gun season for white-tailed deer on Nov. 5, it’s important to keep safety in your crosshairs.

Oct. 19, 2011

Toyota Texas Bass Classic to Show Why “Life’s Better Outside”

ATHENS—The slogan of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is “Life’s Better Outside,” and department staff will show visitors to the Toyota Texas Bass Classic in Conroe October 28—30 why that’s so.

Oct. 17, 2011

Cedar Hill State Park to Celebrate 20th Birthday This Saturday

CEDAR HILL – What has become one of Texas’ most popular state parks will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Saturday with a host of activities wrapped around Cedar Hill State Park’s annual Harvest Heritage Festival. Reduced park entrance fees will apply, and all activities will be free.