AUSTIN – Don’t procrastinate on your New Year’s resolution to drop a few pounds and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Head outdoors and hit the trail on Jan. 1 at one of the dozens of Texas state parks hosting First Day Hikes.
AUSTIN— With Christmas only a few weeks away, take time to get away from the craze of gift shopping and other holiday madness at a Texas state park.
AUSTIN – Texas leads the nation in dove hunting with roughly a quarter million hunters bagging 5 million mourning doves each fall. Their success afield should not change with the type of shot used, according to the results of a just-released study examining the lethality of lead versus non-toxic shot for mourning dove.
AUSTIN—Throw your rod and reel in the car and take the short drive to your local fishing hole, because it’s time once again for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s annual winter rainbow trout stocking.
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Division and the U.S. Coast Guard are distributing a wanted poster seeking any information related to illegal fishing activities along the Texas-Mexico border.
ATHENS—David Roulston of Frisco kicked off the current Toyota ShareLunker season with his catch of a 13.88-pound largemouth bass from Lake Fork November 20.
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced about $13.2 million in grants for eight Texas projects that will use criminal settlement funds from the BP oil spill to add land to coastal wildlife refuges, restore threatened marshes, and protect vital habitat from erosion.
AUSTIN — Falconry associations worldwide, including members of the International Association for Falconry and Birds of Prey and the Texas Hawking Association, will be celebrating World Falconry Day November 16.
A reluctant autumn with warmer than usual temperatures finally is giving way this week to the season’s first major cold front, signaling to Texas flora that it’s time to don their colorful foliar cloaks. More than 90 Texas state parks offer leaf-peepers of all ages a safe and family-friendly setting in which to enjoy the show.