AUSTIN – Fall is upon us and for hunters and anglers that can only mean one thing, it is time to renew hunting and fishing licenses. Before taking the boat out or hitting the field, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds hunters and anglers to purchase their new licenses for the 2025-26 season.
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will offer fully digital options for all recreational hunting, fishing and combo license and tag types when 2025-26 licenses go on sale Aug. 15th. In March, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved the expansion of digital license and tag options.
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is hosting a Hunting for Conservation workshop designed specifically for media partners, conservation colleagues and future professionals on Aug. 25-26.
AUSTIN — The Great Texas Birding Classic (GTBC), the biggest, longest and wildest birdwatching tournament in the country, celebrated its 29th year and hosted a record number of 226 teams with 1,315 participants statewide.
LAREDO — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and researchers from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi will be a hosting an event at Laredo College on Aug. 16. where captive Texas tortoises can be responsibly surrendered.
ATHENS – The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) has temporarily closed to visitors while Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) completes emergency repairs to a steel column that structurally supports the main visitor center building.
AUSTIN – Hunters now have new opportunities and scenery to experience this fall through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) drawn hunt permits program.
AUSTIN – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for counties in the Texas hill country where search operations are taking place following recent flooding.
AUSTIN — La temporada de pesca comercial de camarones en el Golfo de América para aguas estatales y federales, volverá a abrir 30 minutos después del atardecer el 15 de julio.
AUSTIN — The Gulf of America commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset July 15.