AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-1 in Galveston Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, April 21st. This closure is based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing a low abundance of legal-sized oysters.
ATHENS – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is pleased to announce the 2026 winners of the Texas division of the Wildlife Forever’s Fish Art Contest. The contest is housed and administered by TPWD’s Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens.
AUSTIN —The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), through the Texas Nature Trackers program, invites all Texans to participate in a four-day outdoor focused community event involving 16 Texas metropolitan areas for the 11th year of the City Nature Challenge, from April 24-27.
AUSTIN — El Parque Estatal Palo Pinto Mountains celebró oficialmente su inauguración el 10 de abril con un evento especial de corte de listón. Entre los asistentes estuvieron El Gobernador Greg Abbott, La Secretaria de Estado Jane Nelson, El Director ejecutivo del Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas (TPWD), David Yoskowitz; El Presidente Emérito de la Comisión de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas, Lee Bass; El Presidente de la Fundación de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas, Michael S. Greene; y El Director de Parques Estatales de Texas, Rodney Franklin, quienes ofrecieron comentarios durante la ceremonia.
AUSTIN — Palo Pinto Mountains State Park officially marked its grand opening April 10 with a special ribbon cutting event. Governor Greg Abbott, Secretary of State Jane Nelson, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director David Yoskowitz, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Chairman Emeritus Lee Bass, Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Chairman Michael S. Greene, and Texas State Parks Director Rodney Franklin were in attendance and spoke.
AUSTIN – El Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre de Texas (TPWD) está cerrando el área de recolección de ostión TX-7 en la bahía de Galveston y la TX-20 en la bahía de Matagorda para la recolección comercial y recreativa de ostión. TX-7 cerrará a partir de las 12:01 horas del martes 14 de abril y TX-20 cerrará a las 12:01 horas del miércoles 15 de abril. Estos cierres está basado en muestras recolectadas recientemente por el TPWD que mostraron baja abundancia de ostiones de tamaño legal.
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing oyster harvesting area TX-7 in Galveston Bay and TX-20 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest. TX-7 will close beginning 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, April 14, and TX-20 will close 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, April 15. These closures are based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing a low abundance of legal-sized oysters.
CORPUS CHRISTI – Grab your rod and reel and saltwater fishing bait and enjoy a day of coastal fishing at the newly renovated Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi.
ATHENS – In the final hours of the 2026 Toyota ShareLunker program collection season Tuesday evening (March 31), O.H. Ivie reservoir delivered a buzzer beater with its fifth Legacy Class largemouth bass of the season. The fish broke a tie with J.B. Thomas for the most Legacy Class ShareLunker entries in 2026 and clinched the top spot for O.H. Ivie in the waterbody standings for the sixth consecutive year.
AUSTIN – With summer and peak boating season just around the corner, iconic coastal birds like brown pelicans, roseate spoonbills, black skimmers and reddish egrets begin to utilize small, inshore nesting islands, also called rookeries, along the Texas Gulf Coast.