Aug. 25, 2016

Employee Achievement Recognized at TPW Commission Meeting

AUSTIN— Two Texas Parks and Wildlife Department employees were recognized at Thursday’s TPW Commission meeting by Executive Director Carter Smith for their outstanding work in various fields.

Aug. 19, 2016

Texas Parks and Wildlife Receives Federal Grant for Work on Deadly Bat Disease

This month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded $32,719 to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for work to monitor and manage white-nose syndrome (WNS), a deadly disease that has decimated bat populations in other states. Bat Conservation International, a nonprofit based in Austin, will do much of the work using the grant funds.

Aug. 18, 2016

TPWD to Hold Three Drawings for Lifetime Licenses

AUSTIN – Each year as the fall hunting seasons get underway, Texas hunters and anglers shed their expired, folded and hopefully well-used patchwork of a license and replace it with a freshly-purchased one.

Game Warden Field Notes, Aug. 18, 2016

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

Aug. 16, 2016

License Holders Get Free Entry into the Win Your Dream Year Outdoors Drawing

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is offering licensed hunters and anglers free entry in the Win Your Dream Year Outdoors drawing, which will give one lucky license holder the opportunity to enjoy the outdoor season of a lifetime.

Aug. 15, 2016

Texas Dove Hunting Prospects Bright: Longer Season, Lots of Birds

AUSTIN – More validation that everything’s bigger and better in Texas, dove populations are soaring and the hunting season, which gets underway Sept. 1, is the longest in 80 years.

Aug. 12, 2016

Sportsmen Reminded to Buy Texas Hunting, Fishing Licenses

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds hunters and anglers that the new 2016-2017 licenses go on sale Monday. All current year Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except year-to-date fishing licenses) expire Aug. 31.

Sea Scouts Help Move Dickinson Bayou Wetland Restoration Project to Next Phase

DICKINSON — The next phase of the Dickinson Bayou Wetland Restoration Project began this month at the NRG EcoCenter in Baytown. Sea scouts and other volunteers “culled” or pulled smooth cordgrass from the on-site nursery to be planted at the newly constructed wetland restoration project in Dickinson Bayou.

Zebra Mussels Discovered in Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir

AUSTIN — Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir is the latest Texas lake to become infested with zebra mussels, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). Fisheries biologists recently confirmed the presence of the invasive aquatic species after an attentive boater and his family found what they believed to be zebra mussels attached to a submerged rock and reported the sighting.

Aug. 8, 2016

TPWD to Host Public Meeting on Palo Pinto Mountains State Park

FT. WORTH — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will hold two public meetings regarding the development of facilities and recreational uses proposed for Palo Pinto Mountains State Park. The meetings will take place on two consecutive nights.