Texas Master Naturalists Win National Award
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Master Naturalist program has won a Take Pride In America award to be presented Sept. 30 at the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.
TPWD News Releases
Sept. 5, 2005
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Aug. 29, 2005
Texas Waterfowl Seasons Adopted
AUSTIN, Texas — Patience and sharp bird identification skills are important traits shared by most waterfowl hunters. They will need both during the upcoming hunting seasons.
Twenty Texas Communities Get $3.75 Million In Park Grants
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved $3.75 million in grants at its Aug. 25 meeting to provide recreational opportunities and park facilities, and create greenbelts for communities throughout the state.
TPW Commission Approves $4 Million In Texas Trail Grants
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved funding Aug. 25 for 37 National Recreational Trail Grant projects across the state totaling $3,930,795.
TPWD Funds Olympic Shooting Training Facility In Kerrville
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is awarding $300,000 in matching grant funding to the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville. The facility has been selected by USA Shooting, the governing body for national Olympic shooting team development, as the future site of a majority of the nation’s Olympic training shooting events and possibly host to a prestigious international clay target World Cup competition in 2006.
Texas Farmers’ Help Sought For Quail Conservation
AUSTIN, Texas — On Aug. 29 in Missouri, bobwhite quail supporters from Texas and other southeastern states will present a case study on a nationwide push to save quail at the White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation, one of only a handful of wildlife case studies to make the conference agenda.
Public Boating Access Projects In North Texas Get Funding
AUSTIN, Texas — Three new public boating access construction and renovation projects on lakes near the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex will be getting more than $860,000 in matching federal funding assistance from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Stay Tuned, Aug. 29, 2005
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Aug. 25, 2005
TPW Commission Rejects Offer To Buy Big Bend Ranch Land
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today rejected an offer to buy part of Big Bend Ranch State Park, citing concerns that there were no guarantees the complicated transaction would improve public access and resource conservation consistent with the agency’s mission and plans.