MT VERNON, Texas — Families and nature enthusiasts seeking a weekend outing with educational value can become oologists for a day at the Franklin County Historical Association’s Fire Station museum in Mt. Vernon, Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas — Fishing in a Texas state park has never been easier or more economical than it is today thanks to the Free Fishing in State Parks program.
AUSTIN, Texas — Millions of monarch butterflies have begun their annual spring migration north into Texas, and entomologists say it’s mostly good news this year. All the monarchs in North America east of the Rocky Mountains winter in one mountainous region of central Mexico, where monarch numbers dropped alarmingly due to a severe snow storm in 2004. Scientists say monarch numbers in this region now appear to have bounced back to approximately 300 million butterflies.
AUSTIN, Texas — About 90 green sea turtles that washed up on South Texas beaches stunned by cold weather in January were transported Feb. 20-21 by truck from fish hatchery and aquarium facilities in Corpus Christi to the Port Isabel area and released back into the wild in the Lower Laguna Madre.
LAJITAS, Texas — Barton Warnock Environmental Education Center, which serves as the eastern entrance to Big Bend Ranch State Park, will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from March 13 through March 22.
WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS, Texas — Visit Barrington Living History Farm March 24 and 25 to learn about the “True Texas Women” who helped tame the wild Texas frontier. The special program commemorates Texas History Month and Women’s History Month.
WASHINGTON, Texas — The birthplace of Texas will celebrate the 171st birthday of Texas independence from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 3 and 4 at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site.
PRESIDIO, Texas — Flowing desert springs and blooming Chihuahua Desert wildflowers, cacti and shrubs should provide colorful subjects for shutterbugs attending Big Bend Ranch State Park’s twice-annual digital photography workshop April 13-15.
FULTON, Texas — Make no bones about it. The Fulton family, who lived along the South Texas coast in the late 1800s, ate pretty high on the hog.
ATHENS, Texas—Somewhere out there—in Texas, or Colorado, or Alaska, or the Florida Keys or Patagonia—a fish is waiting for you to present a fly to be engulfed.