FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas game wardens have concluded a four-month undercover probe by issuing citations to wholesale and retail fish markets and restaurants in North Texas that have been illegally buying game fish.
AUSTIN, Texas — Hunting fatalities dropped to just two in 2005, down from four the previous year, and matched all-time lows in 1996 and 2002. Only 2004 had fewer total hunting accidents, 29, compared to last year’s total of 30.
AUSTIN, Texas – Killeen children’s pastor Bob Maindelle was jigging for white bass under a flock of seagulls and terns at Stillhouse Hollow Lake Thurs., Jan. 26, when he stuck the fish that would become the first state record in the new “length-only” catch and release category.
AUSTIN, Texas — The 396 ShareLunker was caught Feb. 5 on Lake Conroe in 12 feet of water on a crankbait. The “lunker” bass weighed 14.8 pounds and was caught by Harry Durham of Houston.
HOUSTON — A workshop to be held Feb. 25 will educate Houston-area landowners about available land management tools. The workshop is part of a statewide series designed to address the growing problem of Texas rural land being fragmented into smaller tracts, often involving urban-based owners who are interested in wildlife conservation but lack experience in wildlife or land management.
SAN ANTONIO — Women who are interested in learning outdoor skills, as well as land management skills, are encouraged to sign up for “Women of The Land,” a weekend workshop scheduled for March 10-12 at the Franklin Family Ranch near Blanco, Texas.
SEADRIFT, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens today arrested a Seadrift man on charges of commercial possession of over three times the possession limit of red drum, a Class A Misdemeanor. A warrant is outstanding for another Seadrift resident.
ATHENS, Texas — Flies will be buzzing around the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center March 4, but no one will be swatting them.
WECHES, Texas — A decision by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 2003 to purchase 291 additional acres of East Texas hardwood bottomlands and pine forest to add to 368-acre Mission Tejas State Park about 20 miles east of Crockett has begun paying dividends.
The Images for Conservation Fund (ICF) is partnering with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to hold a nature photography symposium for landowners and photographers, as well as the launch party for the inaugural Images for Conservation Pro-Tour of Nature Photography coming up in April.