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Feb. 6, 2025

Texas Game Wardens Uncover Illegal White-Tailed Deer Smuggling Operation

AUSTIN – Texas Game Wardens have concluded an investigation that led to the arrest and conviction of two individuals involved in illegally moving captive white-tailed deer.

Feb. 4, 2025

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Arrives in Austin, Benefits Texas State Parks

AUSTIN — The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back in Austin March 22 at the historic Paramount Theatre.

Feb. 3, 2025

Texas Game Wardens Arrest Outfitter, Guides for Illegal Exotic Hunts

PORT MANSFIELD – Texas Game Wardens arrested a local hunting outfitter and two others for illegally guiding nilgai hunts on private property. The suspects used airboats and thermal optics to take clients on hunts for the exotic animals, operating a sophisticated scheme and profiting from illegal activity.

Jan. 31, 2025

Annual Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Dates Set for 2025

AUSTIN —For the past 23 years in February, countless volunteers band together to search the Texas coastline for abandoned crab traps. The abandoned traps foul shrimpers’ nets, snag anglers’ lines, ghost fish (when lost or abandoned fishing gear, such as nets, traps and pots continue to catch and kill marine life) and create unsightly views. To date, volunteers and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff have hauled off nearly 44,000 of these derelict traps, saving an estimated 720,000 blue crabs.

Jan. 30, 2025

Toyota ShareLunker Program Enjoyed Record-Breaking 2024 Season

ATHENS – The 2024 Toyota ShareLunker season reached new heights thanks to 371 anglers who entered a record 689 lunker largemouth bass into the program throughout the year from 89 Texas public waterbodies.

Jan. 29, 2025

Richland-Chambers Reservoir Returns to ShareLunker Stage

ATHENS – Richland-Chambers Reservoir is back in the Toyota ShareLunker Legacy Class spotlight for the first time since 2008. Dylan Sorrells of Dallas reeled in 13.64-pound ShareLunker 671 Sunday afternoon, giving the waterbody its fifth overall Legacy Class fish. It’s the second Legacy Class fish for the 2025 Toyota ShareLunker collection season that includes ShareLunker 670 caught Jan. 2 at O.H. Ivie.

Jan. 28, 2025

TPW Commission Adopts Oyster Certificate of Location Regulation Changes

AUSTIN — During its Jan. 23 meeting, the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Commission approved changes to the oyster Certificate of Location (COL) program rules.

Two Texas Game Wardens Recognized by TPW Commission

AUSTIN – Two Texas Game Wardens were recognized during January’s Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting for their contributions and efforts in supporting the agency’s mission.

Jan. 27, 2025

TPWD Finalizes Purchase of 2,020 Acres Near Colorado Bend State Park

AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) laid the groundwork for a new state park in Central Texas with the purchase of 2,020 acres in Burnet County.

Jan. 24, 2025

Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Awards $30.9 Million in Local Park Grants

AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $30.9 million in local park grants, a new record, to help create and enhance outdoor recreational opportunities.