July 7, 2010

July Issue of TP&W Magazine Explores Why Water Matters in Texas

Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine’s ninth annual water issue is on the newsstand now and is a useful resource to engage readers with current water issues that affect their lives. The issue “Why Water Matters” provides useful background information for reporters on environment, outdoors and region beats, and it features stories that could prompt editorial opinion pieces about water issues in Texas. The full text of the issue is also available on the magazine’s Web site.

July 1, 2010

Hunter Survey Affirms Texas Dove Seasons on Target

AUSTIN – Texas has the largest dove population, the most dove hunters, and the most flexible dove hunting framework in the nation. A recent opinion survey indicates Texas dove hunters are content with the current seasons and bag limits.

June 30, 2010

State Agencies Issue Anthrax Advisory

AUSTIN — The Texas Animal Health Commission, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have issued a summer and early fall alert for ranchers, hunters and anyone who may be going afield in Texas. One case of anthrax has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer herd on a game ranch in Uvalde County, which is in an area of South Texas endemic to anthrax. Although humans are also susceptible, no cases have been reported to date, and simple precautions can effectively reduce the risks of humans contracting the disease.

Parasite Suspected in Minor Dove Die-offs

AUSTIN — Avian trichomoniasis, a naturally-occurring parasite, is the likely cause of minor dove die-offs observed recently from South Texas to the Panhandle, suggest Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists.

June 29, 2010

Texas Parks & Wildlife Gears Up for Alex

AUSTIN – In advance of a growing Tropical Storm Alex, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department today announced the closure of three state parks in the lower Rio Grande Valley effective today and the deployment of game wardens to South Texas to assist with emergency operations.

TPWD Urges Boaters to Be Safe this Holiday Weekend

This July 4 weekend friends and family will haul their boats into the water and celebrate, but someone else might crash the party – Alex.

June 24, 2010

Big Bass Retire to Little Lake

ATHENS—What happens to a big bass after it spends 10 or so years at a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) hatchery making little bass to be stocked into Texas lakes?

June 23, 2010

Fair to Feature Art, Food, Fishing and Fun at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

ATHENS—When the 12th annual Wildlife Forever State-Fish Art Expo comes to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center July 17, there will be more to do than just look at 2010’s best student-rendered artwork of fishes.

TPWD Offers Free Fishing in Texas State Parks

Nintendo’s fishing video game with a fishing-rod adapter costs about $75. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, however, is giving families several opportunities this summer to fish for real – and for free.

June 22, 2010

Anglers and Biologists to Meet in Athens August 7–8

ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries biologists will host a meeting with anglers interested in learning more about fisheries management in Texas at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens on Saturday, August 7.