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Feb. 23, 2004

Digital Photo Workshop Scheduled at Big Bend Ranch State Park

PRESIDIO, Texas — Big Bend Ranch State Park has scheduled a May workshop to demonstrate how a newfangled technology — digital photography — has a home on the range.

TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Feb. 23, 2004

The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Stay Tuned, Feb. 23, 2004

Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.

Feb. 17, 2004

TPWD Surveys Show Solid Stocks of Redfish, Trout

AUSTIN, Texas –The Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released the results of annual coastwide gill net surveys and the news is good for saltwater anglers.

New ‘Texas State Parks Pass’ Provides Free Entry, Many Extras

AUSTIN, Texas— Visitors heading to Texas state parks this spring will be greeted upon arrival with posters and park employees sporting lapel buttons that read: “All the Parks. Extra Perks” designed to call attention to a new annual parks pass.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, TPWD Conduct Waterfowl Enforcement

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) special agents and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) game wardens worked cooperatively to address waterfowl hunting violations in Colorado, Wharton and Calhoun counties during the regular 2003 and 2004 waterfowl seasons.

TPWD Employee Recalls Lost History with ‘Buffalo Soldiers’

AUSTIN, Texas – The gray warehouse is easily overlooked in between the industrial buildings just outside of downtown Austin. Only a tiny Texas Parks and Wildlife Department seal on the glass door hints at the library of artifacts inside.

Free Two-day Celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos

WASHINGTON, Texas — The 168th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence will be celebrated Feb. 28-29 at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site during the annual Texas Independence Day Celebration.

Stay Tuned, Feb. 17, 2004

Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.

Feb. 9, 2004

South Texas, Mid Coast Hunters Got the Ducks

AUSTIN, Texas – Just as Panhandle waterfowlers were blessed last year with prime hunting, this year’s hotspots shifted to the other end of the state, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports.