Hoping to prevent boating injuries and fatalities, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens will be increasing their numbers on lakes and other waterways Memorial Day weekend.
Texas is one of the best places in the nation for fishing and on June 4, you can wet a line anywhere in the state for free.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens working with other law enforcement agencies will be concentrating their efforts on enforcing boating while intoxicated (BWI) laws this summer, but they’d just as soon see boaters go to school than jail.
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
BURNET – A Burnet County grand jury has indicted Travis Aaron Marburger on one count of manslaughter and one count of tampering with evidence in the 2002 boating death of Justin Wayne Roberts.
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today approved $1.81 million in federal matching funds for boat ramp projects at two state parks and in seven communities. It also okayed $894,700 in boat ramp funding for Luling and Gonzales conditioned on future receipt of additional federal freshwater boating access funds.
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
BURNET – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens have executed an evidentiary search warrant at a rural residence in Burnet County in connection with the department’s ongoing investigation into the 2002 death of Justin Wayne Roberts, who died in a boat crash on Lake Buchanan that injured two others.
AUSTIN— If you find yourself fresh out of holiday gift ideas for your camping-enthusiast cousins or that friend who would rather spend his or her spare time fishing on the lake and exploring state parks, TPWD suggests you shop the outdoors.
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.