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.

Dick Davis Named Executive Director of Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation

This news release is from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation.

April 11, 2005

Senate Bill 3 Would Provide Water for Fish and Wildlife

AUSTIN, Texas – A law proposed in the current session of the Texas Legislature would mark a major change in state water policy that is significant for fish, wildlife and the environment.

March 7, 2005

Wildlife Forensic Lab Helps Nab Poachers

SAN MARCOS, Texas – It seemed like a good day for hunting: crystal blue sky, a cold front had just come through. When Game Warden Michael McCall found a deer feeder about 100 yards into the undeveloped property on Eagle Mountain Lake, he realized it might be a good day to catch poachers as well.