PRESIDIO, Texas — Learn how to better capture the grandeur of the Lone Star State’s natural landscapes at a fall digital photography workshop Sept. 14-16 at Big Bend Ranch State Park in far West Texas.
MONAHANS, Texas — The year was 1957. Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. The Russians launched Sputnik. The most popular movie was The Ten Commandments. Texas A&M’s John David Crow won the Heisman Trophy. And, Monahans Sandhills State Park opened to the public west of Odessa.
NEEDVILLE, Texas — Brazos Bend has always been a Texas state park offering plenty to see and do. Now, it’s also a minor planet orbiting within our solar system.
AUSTIN, Texas — With the publication of the fourth edition of the Texas State Park Guide, lovers of the outdoors and Texas’ unique heritage have one more reason to plan an outing in coming months to one of more than 100 state recreational parks and historic sites.
AUSTIN, Texas — Fishing in a Texas state park has never been easier or more economical than it is today thanks to the Free Fishing in State Parks program.
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will hold public meetings Feb. 8 in Alpine and Feb. 15 in Houston to seek public comment about how Big Bend Ranch State Park should be accessed and used for recreational purposes in the future.
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will hold two meetings in January to seek public comment about how Big Bend Ranch State Park should be accessed and used for recreational purposes in the future.
WESLACO, Texas — Build it and the birds will come. That could well be the mantra of the newest wing of the World Birding Center — Estero Llano Grande State Park — that officially opened this past June.
AUSTIN, Texas — Santa Claus forsakes his reindeer-pulled sleigh in favor of an aerial tramway in El Paso and a Texas State Railroad steam train in Palestine in just a couple of the unusual twists to holiday season celebrations in state parks throughout Texas.
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) have reached an agreement for Eisenhower State Park to continue to operate as a unit of the Texas State Park system. After months of lease negotiations, an agreement was reached in early October for both agencies to continue their long-standing partnership to provide recreational opportunities at Lake Texoma.