Texas Farm Bill ’EQIP’ Wildlife Funds Available
AUSTIN, Texas — A total of $1,697,386 in federal Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) money is available from the for funding grazing practices that benefit quail and other grassland birds.
TPWD News Releases
March 22, 2004
TPWD Sponsors Outdoor Extravaganza for Physically Challenged
DALLAS — Turning P.O.I.N.T., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing outdoor recreation opportunities for the physically challenged, is hosting the ’2004 Extravaganza’ May 16 at Bachman Lake in Dallas. P.O.I.N.T. stands for Paraplegics on Independent Nature Trips, and the 13th annual Extravaganza promises a weekend of outdoor fun in the second-largest event of its kind in the United States for the physically challenged.
TPWD Taking Part in Tidal Stream Study
AUSTIN, Texas — Beginning March 22, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists will be studying five tidal streams along the middle and upper Texas coast and will continue to do so through November.
TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, March 22, 2004
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
TPWD Calendar
The following meetings may be of interest to the public. Check the master calendar for all TPWD events.
Stay Tuned
Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.
March 15, 2004
Valley Residents Pioneer Birding for the Blind
EDINBURG, Texas — Supported by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department grant funding, a group of visually impaired people in the Lower Rio Grande Valley is breaking new ground in what may seem an unlikely area-competitive birdwatching for the blind.
TPWD Seeks Public Input on Variety of Resource Issues
AUSTIN, Texas — Gauging stakeholder attitudes and opinions about a variety of proposed changes in hunting and fishing regulations, and related resource issues, is the focus behind a series of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public hearings continuing across the state during March.
Endangered Species Conservation Funds Available
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is seeking proposals from universities, cities and counties, private conservation groups and others interested in acquiring land or conducting conservation planning for endangered species.
Partners Work To Conserve Rare Texas Plant
AUSTIN, Texas — The bracted twistflower (Streptanthus bracteatus) is a beautiful and rare mustard that exists only on the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas. For three years, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the City of Austin, Travis County, the Lower Colorado River Authority, and Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center have worked to conserve this globally rare plant growing in the Austin area.