7,837 Acres Added to Palo Duro Canyon State Park
AMARILLO, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has arranged to purchase 7,837 acres in Armstrong County to be added on the southeast side of Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
TPWD News Releases
April 25, 2005
Bass Pro Shops’ Johnny Morris Gives $650,000 to Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas–Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris presented a check for $650,000 to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center at a banquet in Grapevine April 16.
April 4, 2005
‘Texas State Parks Pass’ Popularity Grows As It Enters Second Year
AUSTIN, Texas— Campers, anglers, cyclists, hikers and other state park users are snapping up the new $60 Texas State Parks Pass in growing numbers as the busy spring and early summer seasons beckon folks to the great outdoors.
TV Series To Feature State Park Equestrian Trails
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas horses and riders will make a television appearance in July, in a new television series featuring several of Texas’ equestrian trails and facilities.
Love Is in the Water at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas—If you think all it takes to raise a baby bass is a momma bass, a poppa bass and a cozy pond, you’d be wrong.
March 14, 2005
Fly Fish Texas Draws Crowd to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center
ATHENS, Texas—With hundreds of fly-fish enthusiasts filling the air with lines and lures March 5 as they cast for rainbow trout, one had to walk carefully around the grounds of the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
Actors and Audience Re-Create Texas Convention of 1836
AUSTIN, Texas – Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site is known as the birthplace of Texas for good reason – on this ground in 1836, 59 men signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, wrote the first constitution for the Republic of Texas, and organized Texas’ first workable government. On April 2 and 16, this historic site will host a play that re-enacts the events that took place at the Convention of 1836, arguably the turning point in the Texas Revolution.
March 7, 2005
New Guide Makes Visiting Texas State Parks a Snap
AUSTIN, Texas — An expanded version of the Texas State Park Guide is now available that provides detailed information about more than 120 of the state’s natural and cultural treasures – from well-known landmarks such as Palo Duro Canyon to lesser-known jewels like Kickapoo Cavern.
Budweiser ShareLunkers Reach Dozen Mark
ATHENS, Texas — Anglers contributed two lunker largemouth bass to the Budweiser ShareLunker program over the weekend, bringing the number of fish entered into the program this season to 12.
Feb. 22, 2005
Fly Fish Texas to Feature Seminars, Gear, Fishing
ATHENS, Texas — "Fly fishing — it’s easier than you think" is the theme of the 6th annual Fly Fish Texas to be held at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center March 5.