HOUSTON, Texas — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed listing an abandoned toxic waste site in the San Jacinto River for the federal National Priorities List (NPL). If approved for inclusion on the NPL the site will be eligible for cleanup in the federal Superfund program.
SHEFFIELD, Texas — Why wait for a Halloween, which falls on a Wednesday this year, when you can get a jump on Hallow’s Eve by sending your little ghouls and goblins to a sleepover on the grounds of an abandoned frontier fort or taking them to a state park to listen to campfire ghost tales or learn about bats?
AUSTIN, Texas — While tempering expectations, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists say favorable range conditions should make for good quail hunting this season, particularly in areas that held birds last year.
QUITAQUE, Texas — Caprock Canyons State Park will celebrate its 25th anniversary and the grand opening of its new $1 million visitor center with a host of activities Oct. 19-20 at the park.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists aren’t getting tired of counting sheep, desert bighorn sheep to be specific.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo has become a national model for educational efforts to promote wildlife conservation and outdoor recreation, a role which will be recognized at the expo volunteer barbeque on Saturday evening, Oct. 6 by board members from Weatherby Foundation International (WFI).
AUSTIN, Texas — Some of the finest hunting anywhere in the country can be found within Texas borders, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Big Time Texas Hunts offer hunters a chance to experience the best of the best.
ATHENS, Texas—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will begin accepting entries into the Budweiser ShareLunker program October 1, 2007.
AUSTIN, Texas — New genetic research adds to a body of evidence indicating mountain lion populations are generally healthy in parts of Texas, with significant populations in West and South Texas and harvest data pointing to stable or increasing numbers in the western part of the state over the past 90 years.
WILLS POINT, Texas — A massive spider web first spotted covering several acres of oak-elm woodlands along a Lake Tawakoni State Park trail in early August and later reported in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story on Aug. 29 made national and international headlines throughout the Labor Day Weekend.