Toledo Bend Produces Second Budweiser ShareLunker of the Season
ATHENS, Texas — The long-awaited second Budweiser ShareLunker of the season is now in the Lunker Bunker at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center courtesy of James Manasco of Hemphill.
TPWD News Releases
March 3, 2008
Feb. 26, 2008
TPWD Schedules Seven Sites for Additional Trout Stocking
AUSTIN, Texas — Trout anglers get an extra bonus this year as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will stock additional hatchery-reared rainbow trout at seven sites from Feb. 22 to March 7.
Gov. Perry Appoints Duggins to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry announced Feb. 21 that he has appointed Ralph H. Duggins of Fort Worth to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The commission preserves and promotes Texas’ natural resources and oversees sporting and recreational opportunities in the state.
Statewide Public Meeting Proposals Updated
AUSTIN, Texas — A slate of 22 public meetings across the state, set to begin Feb. 25, will include numerous proposed changes to hunting and fishing regulations for the 2008-2009 season.
Outdoor Family Workshops to Morph City Slickers into Nature Buffs
AUSTIN, Texas — Has your living room TV become the central component of your family’s group activities? If so, maybe it’s time to head outside for a weekend and become an outdoors family.
Free Coastal Expos Set for Marble Falls and Edinburg
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host five Coastal Expos for the public, beginning with events at Johnson Park in Marble Falls March 6-8 and at Edinburg Municipal Park in Edinburg March 13-14.
Texans Encouraged to "Leap In" for Year of the Frog Activities
AUSTIN, Texas — Do things still go croak in the night? That’s the question that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the global zoological community are asking this leap year. 2008 has been designated as "The Year of the Frog," and Texas citizens are invited to get involved in activities to promote amphibian conservation.
Hunting and Fishing a $14.4 Billion Industry in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — How does a $14.4 billion Texas-based industry go unnoticed? Easy when you consider most of its participants go about their business cloaked in camouflage or tucked in some secluded backwater hideaway.
TPWD, Nature Conservancy Experts Collaborate on Book of Rare Plants
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Since 1987, when Texas Parks and Wildlife Department botanists published their first in-house summary of Texas’ threatened plants, more than 225 species have been identified and described as endangered, imperiled, or declining. Because most of these plants are too rare to be mentioned, much less pictured, in standard field guides, only a handful of botanists have known what these plants or their habitats look like.
Feb. 18, 2008
Fly Fish Texas Coming to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center March 8
ATHENS, Texas — Fly Fish Texas is a family reunion, fly fishing school, tackle show and fishing trip all rolled into one.