Lifetime License Winner Happy His Luck Hadn’t Run Out
AUSTIN – Daniel Hidalgo won $1,000 in Las Vegas many years ago and hadn’t won anything since.
TPWD News Releases
July 19, 2010
July 13, 2010
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Hunter Education Instructors Needed
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be conducting a free Hunter Education New Instructor Training Workshop Saturday, August 14th, 2010, in Grand Prairie, Texas. The workshop will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the North Texas Education Center, 5411 Robinson Road, Grand Prairie, TX 75052.
July 12, 2010
Hunter Education courses offered throughout the state
With the Soccer World Cup decided, it is time to think about other sports. Dove hunting, for instance, opens in September, and Hunter Education courses are being offered throughout the state.
Clases de Educación y Seguridad en la Caza ya se están impartiendo a través del estado
Con la Copa Mundial del Fútbol ya decidida, es hora de pensar en otros deportes. La cacería de paloma, por ejemplo, se inicia en septiembre y las clases de Educación y Seguridad en la Caza ya se están impartiendo a través del estado.
July 1, 2010
Hunter Survey Affirms Texas Dove Seasons on Target
AUSTIN – Texas has the largest dove population, the most dove hunters, and the most flexible dove hunting framework in the nation. A recent opinion survey indicates Texas dove hunters are content with the current seasons and bag limits.
June 30, 2010
State Agencies Issue Anthrax Advisory
AUSTIN — The Texas Animal Health Commission, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have issued a summer and early fall alert for ranchers, hunters and anyone who may be going afield in Texas. One case of anthrax has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer herd on a game ranch in Uvalde County, which is in an area of South Texas endemic to anthrax. Although humans are also susceptible, no cases have been reported to date, and simple precautions can effectively reduce the risks of humans contracting the disease.
Parasite Suspected in Minor Dove Die-offs
AUSTIN — Avian trichomoniasis, a naturally-occurring parasite, is the likely cause of minor dove die-offs observed recently from South Texas to the Panhandle, suggest Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists.
June 14, 2010
Deadline Approaching for Entry to Win Lifetime Hunting and Fishing License
AUSTIN – This Father’s Day forgo the gaudy neckties and register to win a gift for dad that will never go out of style – a lifetime of free hunting and fishing in Texas.
May 27, 2010
Panhandle Rancher Jim Bill Anderson Receives 2010 Leopold Conservation Award for Texas
AUSTIN — A lifelong passion for preserving prairie land seeded by a high school summer job that didn’t turn out quite like he expected has earned Panhandle rancher Jim Bill Anderson the 2010 Leopold Conservation Award for Texas, a prestigious recognition conferred by Sand County Foundation and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as part of its Lone Star Land Steward Awards program.
May 24, 2010
TPWD Wildlife Biologist Leaves Legacy of Habitat Conservation
PALESTINE – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife biologist Wesley Brian Littrell, 32, of Athens, was killed last Friday afternoon in a tractor-related accident on the Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area in northwest Anderson County. He leaves behind an unfinished legacy of habitat conservation.