March 6, 2014

Twitter Live-Feed Added to State Parks Webpages

AUSTIN— Social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook allow people to find breaking news about closures for business and schools, weather and more from portable devices.

Feb. 26, 2014

Texas State Parks Photography Contest Expands for its Second Year

AUSTIN— Ready. Aim. Click! Grab your camera and head to one of more than 90 state parks and historic sites this spring to participate in the second annual Texas State Parks Photo Contest. With new categories added this time around, photographers of all ages have a chance to win.

Feb. 24, 2014

Texas Buffalo Soldier Program Connecting New Audiences to Texas State Parks

AUSTIN – The Texas Buffalo Soldiers program has scheduled some exciting programs and activities for families this spring.  The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department programs bring history to life with stories, costumes and activities, while providing an opportunity for audiences to explore what it was like to be a Buffalo Solider.

Feb. 13, 2014

Celebrate 178 Years of Texas Independence on March 1-2

WASHINGTON, Texas – All natural-born Texans and those who got here as soon as they could are invited to a Texas-sized 178th birthday celebration on the very spot “where Texas became Texas” in 1836 when delegates met to make a formal declaration of independence from Mexico.

Feb. 11, 2014

Take Your Sweetie to a State Park This Valentine’s Day

AUSTIN— With Valentine’s Day around the corner, folks everywhere are making plans for how to spend the day with the people they care about.

Public Invited to Outdoor Adventure Showcase at LBJ State Park

STONEWALL — Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site presents a day of family fun from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, featuring adventure and hands-on experiences for all ages. Representatives from a dozen central Texas state parks and state natural areas will be on hand to showcase the area’s rich natural and cultural resources.

Feb. 5, 2014

Texas State Parks Announce Spring Camping Workshops for Houston Families

HOUSTON – Texas Outdoor Family, a Texas State Park family camping program, will host spring and summer family camping workshops at Brazos Bend, Huntsville and Galveston Island state parks to teach families the basics of camping and enjoying the great outdoors.

Jan. 30, 2014

Lake Livingston State Park Piloting New Campsite Reservation System

LIVINGSTON – Campers planning to visit Lake Livingston State Park in the Pineywoods can now select a specific campsite while making reservation under a one-year pilot program introduced recently. The site-specific reservations policy is unprecedented in the Texas State Park system, which has always operated on a first-come, first-served basis when securing a campsite.

Bike the Trails in Texas State Parks this February

AUSTIN— February offers an ideal time to pack up your bike and explore hundreds of miles of trails that wind through Texas State Parks. The parks’ safe and scenic environments offer both easy and challenging rides hugging lake shores, beneath towering pines, through rolling hills and along mountain trails open to exploration any day of the week.

Jan. 21, 2014

Tree Planting Slated for San Jacinto Battleground Prairie

LAPORTE – Volunteers from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Shell Oil Co. and Apache Corporation on Feb. 6 will be planting almost 300 trees at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site as part of an ongoing prairie restoration project.