2015 Toyota Texas Bass Classic Set for May 23-25 at Lake Fork
AUSTIN – The 2015 Toyota Texas Bass Classic – an event which draws the world’s top professional bass anglers — has been set for Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25, at Lake Fork.
TPWD News Releases
Aug. 26, 2014
Aug. 25, 2014
Big Bend Ranch Visitor Center Named for Bob Armstrong
PRESIDIO – The man who proved instrumental in helping the State of Texas secure a 212,000-acre West Texas ranch 25 years ago that doubled the size of the Texas State Park System overnight was honored recently at the Big Bend Ranch State Park headquarters.
Prospects Good for Dove Season in Texas
AUSTIN – Most folks don’t usually look forward to Mondays, but Texas dove hunters will be making an exception this year. The traditional September 1 dove season opening day in the North and Central Zones falls on Labor Day Monday.
TPWD Sets Public Meeting Announcing Caddo Lake WMA Duck Blind Prohibition
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is announcing plans to prohibit permanent duck blinds on the Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area effective the 2015-16 waterfowl season to resolve escalating public use conflicts and natural resource issues. A public meeting outlining the decision and plans for removal of permanent duck blinds is set for 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 2 in the Caddo Lake State Park Group Recreation Hall.
Aug. 21, 2014
Texas Sets Waterfowl Seasons for 2014-15
AUSTIN – Duck populations are the highest since North American surveys began in 1955, and as a result Texas will enjoy for the 20th consecutive year the most liberal waterfowl hunting season framework allowable.
Powderhorn Ranch Becomes Largest Conservation Investment in Texas History
HOUSTON — A multi-partner coalition including the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Foundation today announced the purchase of the 17,351-acre Powderhorn Ranch along the Texas coast in Calhoun County. The acquisition will conserve a spectacular piece of property that is one of the largest remaining tracts of unspoiled coastal prairie in the state. At $37.7 million it is the largest dollar amount ever raised for a conservation land purchase in the state and represents a new partnership model of achieving conservation goals in an era of rapidly rising land prices. In years to come, Powderhorn Ranch is expected to become a state park and wildlife management area.
Eddie Hood Named Midwest Officer of the Year
HOUSTON— Texas game warden Eddie Hood has been recognized as the Texas Officer of the Year by the Association of Midwest Fish and Game Law Enforcement Officers.
TPWD Employee Named State Boating Educator of the Year
HOUSTON— Tim Spice, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Boater Education Coordinator, has been selected as the “State Educator of the Year” as well as the “Southern States’ Educator of the Year.”
Game Warden Named “State Officer of the Year” by NASBLA
HOUSTON — Texas Game Warden John Thorne has been selected as the “State Officer of the Year” and the “Southern States Officer of the Year” by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA).
Aug. 20, 2014
Celebrate LBJ Day on August 27 at His Namesake Park
STONEWALL – Come get your picture taken with a life-like cutout of the nation’s 36th president and enjoy other festivities commemorating LBJ Day, a state holiday, at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site on Wednesday, Aug. 27.