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Jan. 27, 2011

TPWD Sets Statewide Public Hearings

AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is recommending changes to next year’s hunting and fishing regulations. The department is seeking comment on these proposed changes to the state’s hunting and fishing regulations during a series of public hearings.

TPWD Proposing Spring Turkey Closure for 15 East Texas Counties

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering closing spring turkey hunting in 15 East Texas counties where turkey populations are believed to have dipped below what biologists believe are sustainable numbers. The recommendation tops a brief slate of proposed hunting regulation changes for 2011 presented to the TPW Commission’s Regulations Committee.

Jan. 24, 2011

Possible State Record Spotted Bass Reported from Lake Alan Henry

ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) geneticist Dijar Lutz-Carrillo is conducting DNA analysis on a 5.62-pound bass caught from Lake Alan Henry January 15 to determine if it is a spotted bass.

Splash Returns to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

ATHENS—It’s often said that fame is fleeting, but that does not apply to Splash, the former world record blue catfish caught from Lake Texoma January 16, 2004, by Cody Mullennix of Howe.

Jan. 16, 2011

Toyota ShareLunker 507: Three in a Row for O.H. Ivie

ATHENS—Christopher Wright proved again Saturday, January 15, what has become obvious to anglers: O.H. Ivie is the hottest bass lake in Texas right now.

Jan. 14, 2011

Major Celebration of Texas Independence Slated for Feb. 26-27

WASHINGTON, Texas – Close to a thousand historical re-enactors and descendants of the original signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, including special guest U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, are expected to gather on the banks of the Brazos River next month to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the state’s independence.

Jan. 11, 2011

Plano Fireman Selected in Lifetime Hunting and Fishing License Drawing

AUSTIN – Roy T. Brockway* of Kaufman is the envy of his co-workers in the Plano Fire Department after being selected the latest winner in Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s lifetime license promotion drawing.

Jan. 7, 2011

Grants Will Help Children Connect with the Outdoors

AUSTIN – Fifteen Community Outdoors Outreach Program grants from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department totaling more than $629,000 will be helping thousands of Texas children explore and learn about the states’ cultural and natural resources.

Jan. 6, 2011

Benefit Dinner Set to Support Pronghorn Restoration

ALPINE — Mark your calendar for Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Granada Theatre in Alpine, Texas.  That’s when local landowners will be hosting a benefit dinner and dance for pronghorn restoration.

Jan. 5, 2011

Dallas Youth Sets New Records for Blue Catfish at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

ATHENS—Ten-year-old Wyatt Ciccarelli of Dallas set two junior angler water body records for the casting pond at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) December 30.