Lake Conroe Produces Budweiser ShareLunker; New Junior State Record
ATHENS, Texas-Teenager Kyle Nitschke of Willis caught Budweiser ShareLunker No. 456 from Lake Conroe December 13.
TPWD News Releases
Dec. 15, 2008
Dec. 12, 2008
Game warden Field Notes
The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Nov. 26, 2008
Winter Rainbows Arc Across Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — For an inexpensive, entry-level fishing experience the entire family can enjoy, it doesn’t get much easier than winter rainbow trout fishing in Texas.
Nov. 12, 2008
Genetically Superior Bass Stocked into Lakes Austin and Nacogdoches
ATHENS, Texas-Texas Parks and Wildlife Department this week stocked 32,000 six-inch largemouth bass with trophy genes into Lakes Austin and Nacogdoches.
Nov. 10, 2008
TPWD to Consider Sweeping Deer Hunting Regulation Changes
AUSTIN, Texas -The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has transitioned away from political boundaries for the purpose of monitoring white-tailed deer populations and toward biologically-based communities or Resource Management Units (RMUs).
Coastal Fisheries Bay Team Tournament Slated for Aransas Pass
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has scheduled a Coastal Fisheries Bay Team tournament targeting flounder for 6 a.m. until noon Nov. 15 at Conn Brown Harbor in Aransas Pass.
Nov. 3, 2008
Wharton Co. Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Trial of Man Accused of Killing Game Warden
AUSTIN, Texas — A Wharton County jury took just two-and-a-half hours this afternoon to return a verdict of "guilty, capital murder" in the trial of 27-year-old James Garrett Freeman, of Lissie, who shot and killed Texas Game Warden Justin Hurst March 17, 2007.
Oct. 27, 2008
Public Input Meetings Set on Flounder Regulations
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries Division will be hosting a series of coastwide public scoping meetings to discuss potential changes to existing flounder regulations.
Oct. 17, 2008
Texas Master Naturalists to Receive President’s Service Award
AUSTIN, Texas — Five Texans will receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award Oct. 25 for donating more than 5,000 hours of service to the Texas Master Naturalist Program, a partnership effort between Texas AgriLife Extension and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The 2008 awards nearly double the number of volunteers who have previously reached the milestone in the 10-year-old program.
Memorial Fund Created for Fallen Game Warden George H. Whatley
AUSTIN, Texas — A memorial fund has been set-up for the family of Texas Game Warden George H. Whatley. Whatley, a 45-year-old native of Atlanta, Texas, died in Fort Stockton Friday, Oct. 10, after participating in a training exercise.