AUSTIN, Texas — New limited-entry management programs for the Texas oyster and Gulf of Mexico shrimp fisheries, changes in game bird stamps hunters are required to buy, creation of an all-terrain vehicle trail program and new or clarified enforcement powers for game wardens are among the outcomes of bills passed by the 79th Texas Legislature.
AUSTIN, Texas — Quail, wild turkeys, doves, bighorn sheep, bison, deer, coyotes, alligators, fish and snakes all have one thing in common — these species and others are the focus for research by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Division.
GALVESTON, Texas — A Texas effort to restore hundreds of acres of ecologically important wetlands in the Delehide Cove area of West Galveston Bay will receive one of two National Wetland Conservation Awards to be bestowed this year at a June 30 ceremony in Washington, D.C.
ATHENS, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has just completed a successful striped bass spawning and stocking season.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently received a $6,000 grant from the National Shooting Sports Foundation for hunter education recruitment.
AUSTIN, Texas — Though it is only three years old, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department water and boater safety program reaches more than 10,000 children per year.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department this week announced that the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regulations Committee has accepted the Texas proposal to expand the Special Whitewing Dove Zone, adding a new portion of land west of I-35 and south of U. S. Highway 90 near San Antonio.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas state parks and historic sites are seeking retirees, vacationing educators and any others looking for something interesting to do this summer.
AUSTIN, Texas — Clean, clear, cool water bubbling up from the ground into the Texas heat–this iconic image conveys the historic power and pull of springs, the visible manifestation of groundwater. But all across Texas, springs are threatened, as the latest special issue about water resources from Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine shows.
UNDATED — Building on the widely acclaimed reception of the 25-foot ‘Operation Game Thief’ Wall of Shame Exhibit, the OGT Committee recently decided to make smaller versions available to each of the 10 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement regions in the state.