Improved Red Tide Response Tracks Decline of Texas Bloom
AUSTIN, Texas — A red tide event that lingered along the coastal bend for nearly a month appears to have largely subsided, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials.
TPWD News Releases
Nov. 13, 2006
Wildlife Conservationists Partner To Restore Bald Eagle Nest
FORT WORTH, Texas — Wednesday, a bald eagle nest located in the northern Texas Panhandle received a much needed restoration thanks to a statewide partnership of university and state wildlife experts and zoos. The group partnered to build an artificial nest and perch for a pair of bald eagles that has made the area home for the past several years. Biologists feared that if the nest was not restored, the eagle pair, which mates for life, would lose this nesting habitat.
Texas, DU Mark 20 Years of Waterfowl Conservation
SASKATCHEWAN, Canada — On an early Autumn day in September 2003, the sky was a beautiful clear blue above the red-gold landscape and the ducks were calling on a wetland-splashed patch of rolling prairie in central Canada. It’s a place that illustrates the connections between Canada and Texas, between good habitat and good hunting, one fruit of a success story fueled by hunter dollars that goes back two decades.
Coastal Expos Set for Killeen, Kingsville, Victoria, Valley
KILLEEN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host five upcoming Coastal Expos for the public, starting with events in Killeen Nov. 10–11 and Kingsville Nov. 16–18. Similar expos will take place Feb. 3 in Victoria, Feb. 10 in Harlingen and Feb. 22–24 in Edinburg.
Scientists Mapping Texas Cave With Lasers
AUSTIN, Texas — State-of-the-art mapping equipment will be used at Devil’s Sinkhole State Natural Area during the next three months to produce what is believed to be the most detailed map and pictures ever produced on an entire cave.
Nov. 6, 2006
TPWD Unveils Slate of Possible Regulation Changes
AUSTIN, Texas — Among the possible changes in hunting and fishing regulations next year, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering altering restrictions on spotted seatrout in the Lower Laguna Madre and a 16-inch maximum length limit on largemouth bass on a handful of lakes.
Game Warden Field Notes, Nov. 6, 2006
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Hayes Named Shikar-Safari Wildlife Officer of the Year
AUSTIN, Texas — Game Warden Randall Hayes of Weatherford has been named “Texas Wildlife Officer of the Year” by the wildlife conservation and hunting organization Shikar-Safari International.
Public Reefing Program, Offshore Aquaculture Regs Move Forward
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Nov. 2 adopted new rules that pave the way for a public reefing program in the state’s nearshore waters. In a separate action, the Commission voted to adopt regulations governing offshore aquaculture.
Nov. 2, 2006
New Agreement To Help Texas Landowners Conserve Lesser Prairie Chicken
AUSTIN, Texas — A new agreement between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is expected to help private landowners conserve the lesser prairie chicken, a rare bird whose fate is tied to the health of grassland ecosystems that sustain many other wildlife species.