Sept. 5, 2005

Texas Master Naturalists Win National Award

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Master Naturalist program has won a Take Pride In America award to be presented Sept. 30 at the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.

Aug. 25, 2005

La Feria Expo Del Departamento De Parques Y Vida Silvestre De Texas (Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo), Debuta Con Nuevas Actividades Oct. 1-2

AUSTIN, Texas — El departamento debutará con nuevas exhibiciones y actividades acerca de manantiales, ríos, bahías y playas; conservación de recursos silvestres; historia de Texas en parques estatales; fotografía de la naturaleza y mucho más, el 1 y 2 de octubre en el festival de actividades al aire libre gratuito orientado a la familia, más grande de América. La décimo cuarta feria Expo anual del Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas - Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo permitirá a decenas de miles de visitantes que prueben actividades como la pesca, tiro, paseo en kayak, ciclismo de montaña, escalar en rocas y mucho más sin costo alguno.

Aug. 15, 2005

Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo Debuts New Activities Oct. 1-2

AUSTIN, Texas — New exhibits and activities about springs, rivers, bays and beaches; wildlife conservation; Texas history at state parks; nature photography and more will debut Oct. 1-2 at America’s largest free, family-oriented festival of the outdoors. The 14th annual Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo will allow tens of thousands of visitors to try fishing, shooting, kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing and more, all at no cost.

July 25, 2005

New USFWS Leader Worked on Texas Issues

UNDATED — A former regional director who has a long history of working on Texas conservation issues has been tapped to become the new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington DC.

July 5, 2005

Fitzsimons Receives TWA Friend of Wildlife Award

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Chairman Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons received the Friend of Wildlife Award from the Texas Wildlife Association on June 25 at the association's annual conference.

June 27, 2005

Texas Wildlife Research Highlighted in New Report

AUSTIN, Texas — Quail, wild turkeys, doves, bighorn sheep, bison, deer, coyotes, alligators, fish and snakes all have one thing in common — these species and others are the focus for research by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Division.

Texas Wetlands Project Receives National Award

GALVESTON, Texas — A Texas effort to restore hundreds of acres of ecologically important wetlands in the Delehide Cove area of West Galveston Bay will receive one of two National Wetland Conservation Awards to be bestowed this year at a June 30 ceremony in Washington, D.C.

June 20, 2005

Texas Springs Focus of Special Magazine Issue

AUSTIN, Texas — Clean, clear, cool water bubbling up from the ground into the Texas heat–this iconic image conveys the historic power and pull of springs, the visible manifestation of groundwater. But all across Texas, springs are threatened, as the latest special issue about water resources from Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine shows.

June 13, 2005

Texas Parks and Wildlife Supports Brazos River Exhibit

LUBBOCK, Texas — A permanent, original exhibit called “The Brazos River Journey: Texas Alive!” at the Science Spectrum is made possible in part by a grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

June 6, 2005

Texas Zoos To Host Meetings on State Wildlife Plan

AUSTIN, Texas — Eight zoos in cities across Texas will host meetings in July to get public input about a proposed Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, a new plan tied to millions of dollars in federal funding to conserve wildlife and habitat in Texas.