AUSTIN – With archery season for deer already under way, and the rifle season in the North and South zones only three weeks away, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is cautioning hunters to be careful in handling the game they harvest.
AUSTIN — Endangered whooping cranes are arriving early at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge this year.
AUSTIN — Youth hunters will have the chance to take the first shots of the year during the special youth-only hunting season for white-tailed deer, Rio Grande turkey and waterfowl.
AUSTIN – With hunting season under way, don’t forget hunter’s education if you’re not yet certified.
AUSTIN – October is about more than football or Halloween – it’s a month where history comes alive in Texas state parks and historic sites.
AUSTIN – Five Texas-based projects totaling about $18 million have been approved to begin to compensate Texas for lost human use of natural resources resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The three artificial reef and two state park projects are part of the latest round of early restoration led by state and federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment trustees.
HOUSTON – The U.S. Green Building Council has cited the 7,000-square-foot headquarters of the Texas State Parks’ regional offices at Sheldon Lake State Park for its exceptional “green” architectural design that incorporates a number of cost-efficient and energy-saving features.
ATHENS—Lake Waco has become the seventh lake in Texas to be infested by invasive zebra mussels.
AUSTIN – Much-needed rainfall at the right times this year are helping to bolster bobwhite quail numbers and should lead to improved hunting compared to last season, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists.
AUSTIN – With a hint of coolness in the air this week sportsmen are no doubt turning their attention to plans for hunting season. Hunters can still apply for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s popular drawn public hunts gun deer categories until 11:59 p.m. CST Monday, September 29 through the new online-only Public Hunt Drawing System.