Project Wild Trains Texas Teachers in Wildlife Science
AUSTIN, Texas — The new teacher was anxious. Four of the boys in her class were often rowdy.
TPWD News Releases
May 8, 2006
Drawdown Set To Combat Exotic Aquatics at Steinhagen
FORT WORTH, Texas — In an effort to combat nuisance levels of non-native aquatic vegetation at B. A. Steinhagen Lake in Jasper and Tyler Counties, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, plans a summer drawdown of the lake.
May 1, 2006
Texas Groups Join Teaming With Wildlife Coalition
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Texas groups recently met with congressional and conservation leaders here as part of a coalition of 3,000 organizations that make up Teaming with Wildlife, an effort to boost state and federal funding for wildlife conservation, outdoor recreation and conservation education and prevent wildlife from becoming endangered.
April 26, 2006
Boaters Urged To ‘Lift, Drift, Pole or Troll’ as New Seagrass Reg Takes Effect
ROCKPORT, Texas — The popular Redfish Bay area receives an extra measure of protection beginning May 1. On that date, a new regulation takes effect, prohibiting the uprooting of seagrass within the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area (RBSSA).
Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame To Welcome Two New Members
ATHENS, Texas — Two men have been selected as the 2006 inductees into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, and their background and achievements make them perfect complements to each other.
April 24, 2006
Urban Areas To Be Fishing Hotspots This Spring and Summer
AUSTIN, Texas — Anglers in eight Texas cities will benefit from a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department program that will stock catchable-size channel catfish in selected Community Fishing Lakes every two weeks during April, May, June, July, September and October.
Fish and Commercial Netters Ignore U.S.-Mexico Border
AUSTIN, Texas —Managing a fishery and enforcing game laws along an international border are both complicated tasks. Combine the two and you have a nightmare for fisheries biologists and game wardens alike.
Amistad Strikes Gold with Budweiser ShareLunker 400
ATHENS, Texas — Jason Baird hit the jackpot Feb. 28 when he caught Budweiser ShareLunker No. 400, a 13.1-pound largemouth bass worth $5,240 in cash.
Participation in State-Fish Art Contest Skyrockets with TFFC Sponsorship
ATHENS, Texas — Last year Lulu Fang of McAllen submitted the winning illustration and composition about the Texas state fish, the Guadalupe bass, in the grades 10-12 category of the State-Fish Art Contest.
April 17, 2006
TPWD Releases First Flounder Fingerlings
ROCKPORT, Texas — When two years of careful work went down the drain April 4, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department coastal fisheries workers quietly cheered.