Dec. 6, 2013

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trustees Invite Public Comment on $627 Million in Proposed Gulf Early Restoration Projects

AUSTIN — The Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees have released a draft plan that proposes $627 million in early restoration projects across the Gulf states. The proposal includes the first Texas early restoration projects, five projects totaling about $18.4 million. The Draft Programmatic and Phase III Early Restoration Plan and Draft Early Restoration Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is available for public review and comment through Feb. 19.

Dec. 5, 2013

New Rules to Fight Zebra Mussels Take Effect Dec. 10

AUSTIN – In the state’s ongoing effort to combat the spread of invasive zebra mussels, new rules take effect Dec. 10 requiring that all boats operating on public water in 17 Northeast Texas counties be drained after use.

Dec. 4, 2013

Public Fishing Access Areas Open Again on the Guadalupe River

AUSTIN—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department  has signed temporary leased access agreements with four Guadalupe River property owners to expand public access to the trout fishery downstream of Canyon Lake.

Dec. 3, 2013

‘Tis the Season for Family Gatherings at Texas State Parks

AUSTIN— Spend a weekend at one of the 70 state parks that offer group facilities  and create a new holiday tradition in the great outdoors. Serve turkey and all the trimmings in a park recreation hall equipped with a full kitchen or gather near a roaring fireplace in an open-air pavilion to sing carols and rejoice in the season.

Dec. 2, 2013

Partnerships Revitalize Fishing at Inks Lake, a Hill Country Gem

ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries and State Parks divisions have partnered with other private groups to develop habitat enhancement projects to improve fishing opportunities at Inks Lake the past three years. Selected sites have been refurbished with brush, gravel and light structures designed to attract fish to areas accessible by boat and bank anglers.

Nov. 27, 2013

Landowner Enrollment Begins For Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide Plan

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will host two informational meetings in December for private landowners regarding the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-wide Conservation Plan and the landowner enrollment process.  The meeting for landowners in the southern plains will be held in Sundown (Sundown School, S School Avenue) at 7 p.m.  Dec. 11.  The meeting for landowners in the northeast Panhandle will be held in Pampa (USDA Center, 12125 E. Frederic Ave. [Hwy. 60]) at 1 p.m.   Dec. 12.

Nov. 26, 2013

Game Warden Field Notes, Nov. 26, 2013

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

Candlelight Christmas Coming to Washington-on-the-Brazos Dec. 14

WASHINGTON, Texas — The historic Christmas traditions of Texas in the 1860s will transport visitors to a much simpler time at a day-long Christmas on the Brazos celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 14.

Endangered Attwater’s Prairie Chicken Needs Support

AUSTIN — A spring morning on the Texas coast was once greeted with the haunting sound of male Attwater’s prairie chickens calling from the short prairie grass. Today the few remaining patches of Gulf Coast prairie are nearly silent.

Nov. 22, 2013

Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail Maps Updated

AUSTIN— Texas wildlife viewers and birders can now find the best spots to re-connect with nature through the newly revised Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail maps.