$10,000 Grant to Fund Bastrop State Park Trail Building
BASTROP – Bastrop State Park will use a $10,000 grant from Coca-Cola to underwrite the continued building of new park trails.
TPWD News Releases
Aug. 23, 2012
TPWD Law Enforcement Awards Honor 39 Texans
AUSTIN – From a state game warden who rescued an elderly woman in shock sitting dangerously close to her burning house to a federal agent who obtained convictions in a major case involving illegal importation of deer, 39 persons were honored Thursday by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Division.
Aug. 20, 2012
Hill Country River and Stream Angler Survey Underway
AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Inland Fisheries Division is partnering with Texas Tech University’s Department of Biological Sciences and the TTU Llano River Field Station to conduct a four-month survey of anglers who fish Texas Hill Country rivers and streams.
Aug. 14, 2012
Red Tide Confirmed along Upper Texas Coast
AUSTIN –Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is working with other agencies to monitor a red tide event along the upper Texas coast.
Aug. 8, 2012
Game Warden Field Notes, Aug. 8, 2012
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Caprock Canyons State Park to Host Bison Celebration Days
QUITAQUE – An outdoor classroom field day, living history encampments, a benefit barbecue lunch and a Sunday afternoon performance by Texas’ own Grammy Award-winning Asleep at the Wheel will highlight the second annual Texas State Bison Celebration Days at Caprock Canyons State Park.
Hunting, Fishing Licenses on sale Aug. 15
AUSTIN — Current year Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except year-to-date fishing licenses) expire Aug. 31, and new licenses for 2012-2013 will go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 15.
Youth Sets New Striped Bass Record for Lake Texoma
ATHENS — Drake Hunter Holmes of Sherman shattered the junior angler Lake Texoma record for striped bass Sunday with a 5.03-pound, 23.5-inch-long fish.
Aug. 7, 2012
Spanish Hunter Education Course Offered In Central Texas
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is offering a hunter education course in Spanish in San Antonio on August 25-26 for Spanish-speaking hunters and people considering the activity for the first time.
Curso en español de educación de cacería ofrecido en el Centro de Texas
El Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas impartirá un curso en español de educación y seguridad en la cacería el 25 y 26 de agosto en San Antonio para cazadores que hablan español e hispanohablantes que se están iniciando en este deporte.