Stay Tuned, May 31, 2005
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TPWD News Releases
May 31, 2005
May 16, 2005
Outreach Grants Help Texas Kids Go Camping
AUSTIN, Texas — Sixteen grants totaling more than $400,000 have been awarded to fund camping and outdoor environmental education camps that target underserved populations and their families.
Game Wardens Lead Terrorism and Disaster Response Training
KILLEEN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens, in partnership with state and federal homeland security agencies and others, led a terrorism response exercise at TPWD’s Parrie Haynes Ranch south of here May 10-12.
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, May 16, 2005
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
May 9, 2005
Man Pleads Guilty in Deer-Trapping Case
AUSTIN, Texas — A six-month long investigation conducted by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Special Operations Wildlife Crimes Unit came to a close during the last few days with Larry Grimland of the Dallas area being charged with 20 counts of illegally trapping wild whitetail deer from his Bosque County ranch.
April 25, 2005
Bass Pro Shops’ Johnny Morris Gives $650,000 to Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas–Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris presented a check for $650,000 to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center at a banquet in Grapevine April 16.
Stay Tuned, April 25, 2005
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April 18, 2005
Katy Coach Uses Grant To Take Students Fishing
HOUSTON — On May 6, more than 100 Golbow Elementary School students will leave the classroom behind, pick up fishing poles, and learn about nature and the outdoors through hands-on experience. It’s an example of how conservation proponents statewide are trying to introduce urban youth to the outdoor environment through fishing.
April 4, 2005
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, April 4, 2005
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
March 21, 2005
Man Wins Contest With Alleged Illegally-Taken Buck
WOOD COUNTY, Texas — Billy Ray Herring, 65, of Quitman, could have ended up with three prize rifles, free mounts of his kill, and all the great press he could handle.