Sept. 2, 2014

Geocaching — Texas State Parks’ Digital Treasure Hunt

AUSTIN – Combine your child’s love for technology with a growing craze happening at Texas State Parks. Geocaching uses the latest technology to help children find hidden “treasures,” or caches.

Bluegill Family Fishing Tournament September 27 at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

ATHENS, Texas—The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center’s annual Bluegill Family Fishing Tournament will take place on Saturday, September 27.

Aug. 29, 2014

“Beautiful But Gone” Video Packs Powerful Water Safety Message

AUSTIN — As thousands of Texans make plans to take to the water over the Labor Day weekend, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is releasing an emotionally charged educational video aimed at getting a boating safety message to parents.

Aug. 28, 2014

“Retired” Channel Catfish will Boost Fishing at Lake Kyle

SAN MARCOS — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be stocking 100 “retired” channel catfish broodstock from the A.E. Wood Hatchery in San Marcos into Lake Kyle, a 12-acre water body in Hays County, on Tuesday.

Aug. 27, 2014

Unique Collaboration Reveals Dinosaurs Once Roamed San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – Texas Parks & Wildlife and the Witte Museum have formed a new partnership to document and research the only known dinosaur footprints on public land in Bexar County. The 110-million-year-old tracks are located within Government Canyon State Natural Area and are believed to have been left by Acrocanthosaurus and Sauroposeidon dinosaurs.

Aug. 26, 2014

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.

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.