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Dec. 11, 2006

Flat Out Fishing Offers Tips for Novice and Expert Anglers

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host the first of two special Flat Out Fishing events in Corpus Christi to help anglers start the new year with an edge. The fourth annual Flat Out Fishing event kicks off at 8 a.m., Sat., Jan. 27, at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. The event will be held at the university’s Science and Technology Building in Room 104. The second event will be in Lake Jackson on February 24, 2007.

Dec. 4, 2006

Texas Parks & Wildlife Invites You To Go “Green” This Holiday Season

AUSTIN — Having a hard time figuring out what to give the person who has everything this holiday season? The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has some suggestions that not only will please the gift recipient, but benefit wildlife and parks as well.

Ground Broken for New Caprock Canyons Visitor Center

QUITAQUE, Texas — Ground has been broken for a new, 4,440-square-foot Visitor Center at Caprock Canyons State Park. An official groundbreaking ceremony was held Nov. 28 for the new center that is scheduled for completion by summer of 2007.

Nov. 28, 2006

Texas State Railroad Funded Through August 2007

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Railroad State Park will continue operating through Aug. 31, 2007, although the historic train’s long-term future is tied to the broader issue of state funding for parks to be resolved in the upcoming legislative session.

Nov. 20, 2006

Texas State Parks Gearing Up for Christmas Events

AUSTIN, Texas — Santa Claus forsakes his reindeer-pulled sleigh in favor of an aerial tramway in El Paso and a Texas State Railroad steam train in Palestine in just a couple of the unusual twists to holiday season celebrations in state parks throughout Texas.

Annual Winter Trout Stocking Begins Nov. 30

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.

Humanities Texas Awards Grant for New Deal Web Project

AUSTIN, Texas — Humanities Texas has awarded Texas Parks and Wildlife Department a grant of $10,000 to support the development of an online education center exploring the history of Texas in the 1930s and 1940s.

Nov. 13, 2006

Improved Red Tide Response Tracks Decline of Texas Bloom

AUSTIN, Texas — A red tide event that lingered along the coastal bend for nearly a month appears to have largely subsided, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials.

Coastal Expos Set for Killeen, Kingsville, Victoria, Valley

KILLEEN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host five upcoming Coastal Expos for the public, starting with events in Killeen Nov. 10–11 and Kingsville Nov. 16–18. Similar expos will take place Feb. 3 in Victoria, Feb. 10 in Harlingen and Feb. 22–24 in Edinburg.

Scientists Mapping Texas Cave With Lasers

AUSTIN, Texas — State-of-the-art mapping equipment will be used at Devil’s Sinkhole State Natural Area during the next three months to produce what is believed to be the most detailed map and pictures ever produced on an entire cave.