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TPWD News Releases

March 17, 2008

Bass Anglers: Don’t Leave Home Without ShareLunker Phone Numbers

ATHENS, Texas — If you bass fish in Texas, these two phone numbers should be in your fishing license holder and programmed into your cell phone: (903) 681-0550 and (888) 784-0600.

March 3, 2008

Nominations Sought for Environmental Flows Committees

AUSTIN, Texas — Anglers, paddlers, birders, waterfowl hunters, scientists and other conservation-minded Texans are invited to nominate representatives to local stakeholder advisory committees charged with determining and recommending flow regimes adequate to "support a sound ecological environment" for Texas rivers, bays and estuaries.

Bassmaster Classic Winner Alton Jones Headlines Pond Management Seminar at TFFC

ATHENS, Texas — When was the last time you had the chance to talk one-on-one with a professional bass angler who had just won $500,000?

Toledo Bend Produces Second Budweiser ShareLunker of the Season

ATHENS, Texas — The long-awaited second Budweiser ShareLunker of the season is now in the Lunker Bunker at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center courtesy of James Manasco of Hemphill.

Feb. 26, 2008

TPWD Schedules Seven Sites for Additional Trout Stocking

AUSTIN, Texas — Trout anglers get an extra bonus this year as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will stock additional hatchery-reared rainbow trout at seven sites from Feb. 22 to March 7.

Statewide Public Meeting Proposals Updated

AUSTIN, Texas — A slate of 22 public meetings across the state, set to begin Feb. 25, will include numerous proposed changes to hunting and fishing regulations for the 2008-2009 season.

Free Coastal Expos Set for Marble Falls and Edinburg

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host five Coastal Expos for the public, beginning with events at Johnson Park in Marble Falls March 6-8 and at Edinburg Municipal Park in Edinburg March 13-14.

Hunting and Fishing a $14.4 Billion Industry in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — How does a $14.4 billion Texas-based industry go unnoticed? Easy when you consider most of its participants go about their business cloaked in camouflage or tucked in some secluded backwater hideaway.

Feb. 18, 2008

Fly Fish Texas Coming to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center March 8

ATHENS, Texas — Fly Fish Texas is a family reunion, fly fishing school, tackle show and fishing trip all rolled into one.

TPW Magazine Offers "50 Ways to Get Kids Hooked on the Outdoors"

AUSTIN, Texas — The March cover story in Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine offers 50 simple, fun ways for children and families to reconnect with the natural world. But it tracks a growing body of books and studies that reveal a serious mental, emotional, physical and educational issue: today’s kids are losing touch with nature.