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Jan. 24, 2024

O.H. Ivie Doubles Down with Pair of ShareLunkers

ATHENS – O.H. Ivie Reservoir continued its reign as a top largemouth bass lake in the world Monday night when it produced not one but two Legacy Class ShareLunkers. The entries were the second and third overall of the 2024 Toyota ShareLunker collection season following J.B. Thomas Reservoir’s first ever Legacy Class lunker last Wednesday.

Texas State Parks See Record Attendance at 2024 First Day Hikes

AUSTIN— Texas State Parks kicked off 2024 in grand style by breaking not only its historical participation numbers but also by having the most events, participants and miles hiked of any state.

Jan. 19, 2024

National Laboratory Does Not Confirm Chronic Wasting Disease at Kerr Wildlife Management Area Research Facility

AUSTIN — The National Veterinary Service Laboratories (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa recently notified Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) that additional testing at their facility did not confirm a suspect-positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a 14-month-old captive male white-tailed deer at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area (WMA) research facility.

J.B. Thomas Notches First Legacy Class ShareLunker

ATHENS – J.B. Thomas Reservoir claimed on Wednesday the first Legacy Class ShareLunker largemouth bass of the 2024 Toyota ShareLunker collection season and the waterbody’s first Legacy Class entry.

Jan. 18, 2024

Toyota ShareLunker Program Delivers a Successful 2023 Season

ATHENS – The 2023 Toyota ShareLunker season was a memorable one, thanks to the 346 anglers from across the nation who entered 497 lunker largemouth bass into the program throughout the year from 89 Texas public waterbodies.

TPWD, Yeti, Army Corp of Engineers Team Up to Install Fish Habitat at Granger Lake

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), Yeti and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently partnered to enhance fish habitat at Granger Lake. Yeti accepted more than 160 donated Christmas trees at its flagship store in Austin and TPWD Inland Fisheries biologists and technicians transported the trees to the lake, where they were installed as reefs to provide fish habitat.

Jan. 12, 2024

El TPWD Está Cerrando el Área de Aprovechamiento de Ostión en la Bahía Matagorda

AUSTIN — El Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas (TPWD) está cerrando el Área TX-19 en la Bahía Matagorda al aprovechamiento comercial y recreativo de ostión a partir de las 12:01 a.m. Sábado, 13 de Enero de 2024.

Vítores por los 100 años de los Parques Estatales de Texas

AUSTIN — Al irse terminando la celebración del centenario de los Parques Estatales de Texas, estamos dando una mirada a los momentos destacados de 2023.

Cheers to 100 Years of Texas State Parks

AUSTIN— As Texas State Parks’ yearlong birthday celebration winds down, we are looking back at the highlights from 2023.

Jan. 11, 2024

TPWD Closing Oyster Harvest Area in Matagorda Bay

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-19 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 13, 2024.