TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Dec. 6, 2004
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
TPWD News Releases
Dec. 6, 2004
Stay Tuned, Dec. 6, 2004
Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.
Nov. 23, 2004
Low-Water Crossings Are No. 1 Cause for Weather-Related Deaths in Texas; Wardens Rescuing Flood Victims
UNDATED – If you think you can make it across water in the road, think again and opt to take the long way home.
Nov. 22, 2004
Reminder: Active Duty National Guard Can Get Resident Hunting, Fishing Licenses
AUSTIN, Texas – In what’s shaping up to be the largest troop deployment since Vietnam, many from the National Guard are being deployed and if you have been called up and you’re not a resident of Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wants you to know that you and your dependents qualify for a resident hunting and or fishing license. Hunting season just began and if you need a break before shipping off, TPWD wants to help give you one.
Protected Whoopers Arriving in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Wildlife authorities expect record numbers of endangered whooping cranes to arrive in Texas this fall, provided they make it through the hazards encountered along the way. Canadian biologists report that as many as 212 whoopers (including a record 41 young) may have left their nesting grounds beginning in September. Most (186 including 28 young) had already arrived at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) near Rockport, by Nov.16, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service counts.
Rainbow Trout To Star in Texas State Parks’ Family Fishing Celebration
AUSTIN, Texas — You won’t need a fishing license this winter to try your luck at hooking one of the thousands of rainbow trout being stocked in lakes and rivers at more than a dozen Texas state parks.
Texas State Parks Plan Host of Holiday Festivities
AUSTIN, Texas — The limestone walls of the Indian Council Room deep within the bowels of historic Longhorn Cavern near Burnet will ring with the sounds of the holiday season at three special Caroling in the Cave performances. The Longhorn Cavern State Park event is just one of a number of holiday events taking place at Texas state parks and historic sites this season.
Conservation ‘Groups of a Feather Flock Together’ for ‘05 Birding Classic
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has partnered with the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory (GCBO) to host the 2005 ‘Great Texas Birding Classic, with each group bringing complementary resources to the world’s longest birding competition.
Public Meetings Set About East Texas Black Bear Plan
TYLER, Texas – A series of public meetings have been set for this month and next to explain the draft East Texas Black Bear Conservation and Management Plan.
Environmental Task Force ‘Heads Up’ To ‘Crack Down’
AUSTIN, Texas – Captain and Chief Pilot Lee Finch flew choppers for the military in Vietnam and Bosnia, but as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s chief pilot, he’s not looking for just a thrill ride anymore. Though some of his work involves chasing bad guys like poachers along the Gulf of Mexico, he says his most rewarding flight has been a wildlife survey in which a team counted bighorn sheep in the Sierra Diablo Mountains.