TPWD Cancels Public Hunts Along Coast, In East Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Due to the imminent landfall of Hurricane Ike the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has canceled public hunting activities along the projected path of the storm.
TPWD News Releases
Sept. 11, 2008
Forward-deployed Game Wardens Assist Elderly Evacuees at Staging Area, Prepare for Ike’s Landfall
NAVASOTA, Texas — The first of more than 90 elderly evacuees from Baytown, Texas, arrived at the Camp Allen Conference and Retreat Center here this afternoon.
Sept. 10, 2008
Hurricane Ike Update From TPWD: Texas Game Wardens Deploy, Some State Parks Closing
Below is information sent by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Governor’s Press Office earlier today. The governor’s office is coordinating official communication about Ike for the State of Texas, including TPWD activities. The following information is provided as a service and convenience for TPWD’s audience. For complete information, see the Texas governor’s web site at http://governor.state.tx.us/, or news media may phone the press office at (512) 463-1826.
Sept. 8, 2008
ICF Awards $160,000 To Nature Photo Contest Winners
AUSTIN, Texas — The photographer-landowner team of Rolf Nussbaumer of New Braunfels and the Fennessey Ranch in Refugio County received the William Henry Jackson Award grand prize Saturday night for the 2008 Pro-Tour of Nature Photography: Coastal Bend of Texas. The photographer and ranch owners split $51,000, the top award out of a total of $160,000 in prize money.
Trans-Pecos Quail Symposium set for Oct. 2-3 in Odessa.
ODESSA, Texas — The Texas Quail Study Group will meet in Odessa Oct. 2-3 at the MCM Grande Hotel. The symposium is open to anyone interested in quail management..
Sept. 4, 2008
TPWD Conducts Dove Research to Test Shot Effectiveness
AUSTIN, Texas — While Texas hunters were dusting off shotguns and stocking up on ammunition in advance of the Sept. 1 dove season opener in most of Texas, a research team was out two days prior to the season collecting bird specimens for a research study on the effectiveness of various shotshells, including non-lead shot.
Fortress Cliffs Ranch Added to Palo Duro Canyon State Park
AUSTIN, Texas — The views from inside Palo Duro Canyon State Park will remain grand thanks to the addition of a 2,912-acre property known as Fortress Cliffs Ranch. The tract has been purchased by a coalition that includes The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), protecting almost six miles of scenic cliffs along the park’s northeastern edge.
Sept. 2, 2008
TPWD Stands Down After Hurricane Gustav
East Texas appeared to have dodged a bullet by this Tuesday, as thousands of evacuees returned to their homes, hundreds of Texas game wardens prepared to de-mobilize and several state parks that had closed prepared to reopen in the wake of Hurricane Gustav’s passage.
Sept. 1, 2008
Hurricane Gustav Update From TPWD: Texas Game Wardens Deploy, Some State Parks Close, Other Parks Accept Evacuees
Below is information sent by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Governor's Press Office earlier today. The governor's office is coordinating official communication about Gustav for the State of Texas, including TPWD activities. The following information is provided as a service and convenience for TPWD's audience. For complete information, see the Texas govenor's web site at http://governor.state.tx.us/, or news media may phone the press office at (512) 463-1826.
Hurricane Gustav Update From TPWD: Texas Game Wardens Deploy, Some State Parks Close, Other Parks Accept Evacuees
Below is information sent by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Governor's Press Office earlier today. The governor's office is coordinating official communication about Gustav for the State of Texas, including TPWD activities. The following information is provided as a service and convenience for TPWD's audience. For complete information, see the Texas govenor's web site at http://governor.state.tx.us/, or news media may phone the press office at (512) 463-1826.