PORT ARTHUR – Design work is underway to redevelop Sea Rim State Park whose facilities were damaged first by Hurricane Rita, rebuilt and again destroyed in September 2008 by Hurricane Ike before the park could reopen.
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. Dec. 20 at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Austin headquarters to consider two land acquisitions, one on the Devils River in Val Verde County and another near the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.
AUSTIN – The second of three scheduled public meetings on the master plan design for redeveloping hurricane-damaged Galveston Island State Park will be held Tuesday, Dec. 7 on the Texas A&M Galveston campus.
PRESIDIO – The International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) has designated the Fresno – Sauceda Loop Trail at Big Bend Ranch State Park an “Epic” ride.
BURNET — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has decided not to renew the contract for the leaseholder who operates the nine-hole Highland Lakes Golf Club at Inks Lake State Park. The current contract expires Nov. 30.
CONCAN, TX—Several community, county and state government offices, including area convention and visitor bureaus, county judges, county sheriffs and the Texas House of Representatives, had staff on hand for an open house on Wednesday morning, showcasing the first of almost $4 million in capital repair projects that are under way at Garner State Park.
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is making it easy this fall to introduce youngsters and the young-at-heart to the joys of fishing by offering Go Fish! events at four Texas state parks.
CEDAR HILL, Texas – To celebrate the rich farming and ranching heritage of the North Texas region, Cedar Hill State Park will host its second-annual autumn Harvest Heritage Festival on Saturday, October 16.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on Nov. 4 will consider a proposal to acquire a 17,638-acre property for a new state park on the Devils River in Val Verde County. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department leaders will hold public meetings about the proposal Oct. 20 in Del Rio and Oct. 26 in San Antonio.
CANYON – Palo Duro Canyon State Park’s main park road from the rim to the canyon floor will remain open this winter during what may be up to five months of construction to stabilize the asphalt roadway and improve drainage.