April 10, 2013

Learn to Fly-fish at TFFC May 18

ATHENS—Expert fly-fisher Bob Cappallo will teach fly-fishing for beginners at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center May 18 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

April 9, 2013

Egg-citing Day in Athens April 13 to Prove “Food’s Better Outside”

ATHENS—The Athens Eggfest returns to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center on Saturday.

Hitchhiker Stopped at Local Gas Station

ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries biologist Robert J. Mauk of Wichita Falls tells how a routine refueling stop at a gas station turned into something quite out of the ordinary.

April 8, 2013

Texas Game Wardens Seize Illegally Hunted Wildlife Mounts and Drugs in Williamson County

TEMPLE — Texas Game Wardens and Williamson County sheriff’s deputies serving a search warrant at a Williamson County residence over the weekend seized a collection of illegally taken wildlife mounts, a quantity of marijuana and $4,000 in cash.

San Jacinto Festival, Battle Re-enactment Set for April 20

LAPORTE – Hundreds of history re-enactors will recreate the events leading up to the Battle of San Jacinto that won Texas its independence with booming cannons, cracking musket fire, thundering hooves and battle cries at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site on Saturday, April 20.

April 5, 2013

Range-wide Lesser Prairie Chicken Plan Submitted to U.S Fish and Wildlife Service

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and other state wildlife agencies in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado have submitted the 3rd draft of a range-wide plan to conserve the lesser prairie chicken to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is considering whether to list the bird as a threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Best Little Bass Lake in Texas Planned for Wichita Falls

ATHENS—What’s more fun than catching a big bass? For many people, it’s catching a lot of bass.

State Game Wardens Seize Nearly $4 Million Worth of Marijuana on Lower Border

AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens have seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4 million.

April 4, 2013

Whole Earth Provision Co. to Raise Funds Again for Texas State Parks

AUSTIN – Whole Earth Provision Co. is looking this year to best last year’s fundraising campaign that generated more than $30,000 in donations for Texas State Parks.

April 2, 2013

TPWD Adopts Changes to Mule Deer MLDP, Pronghorn Seasons

AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved an experimental pronghorn buck season in some areas of the Panhandle, which would allow landowners to control the harvest of buck pronghorn on their properties. In addition, an extension to the existing mule deer managed lands deer permits (MLDP) season will be part of changes to the upcoming 2013-14 Statewide Hunting Proclamation.