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Feb. 26, 2007

Barton Warnock Environmental Education Center Announces Longer Operating Hours for Spring Break

LAJITAS, Texas — Barton Warnock Environmental Education Center, which serves as the eastern entrance to Big Bend Ranch State Park, will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from March 13 through March 22.

Learn About True Texas Women March 24-25 at Washington-on-the-Brazos

WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS, Texas — Visit Barrington Living History Farm March 24 and 25 to learn about the “True Texas Women” who helped tame the wild Texas frontier. The special program commemorates Texas History Month and Women’s History Month.

Feb. 20, 2007

Two-Day Celebration of 171st Anniversary of Texas Independence Slated for Washington-on-the-Brazos March 3-4

WASHINGTON, Texas — The birthplace of Texas will celebrate the 171st birthday of Texas independence from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 3 and 4 at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site.

Capture Big Bend’s Spring Splendor at Photo Workshop

PRESIDIO, Texas — Flowing desert springs and blooming Chihuahua Desert wildflowers, cacti and shrubs should provide colorful subjects for shutterbugs attending Big Bend Ranch State Park’s twice-annual digital photography workshop April 13-15.

Fulton Mansion Dig Turns up Piles of Bones

FULTON, Texas — Make no bones about it. The Fulton family, who lived along the South Texas coast in the late 1800s, ate pretty high on the hog.

Feb. 12, 2007

Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center to Host Fly Fish Texas March 3

ATHENS, Texas—Somewhere out there—in Texas, or Colorado, or Alaska, or the Florida Keys or Patagonia—a fish is waiting for you to present a fly to be engulfed.

Springs Documentary Airs Feb. 15, Some Airtimes Revised

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will air its latest video documentary about water resources, “Texas the State of Springs,” the evening of Thursday, Feb. 15 on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations statewide.

Texas Buffalo Soldiers Announce 2007 Events

AUSTIN, Texas — Kicking off the start of a series of statewide events during Black History Month, the Texas Buffalo Soldiers are geared up for a year’s worth of educational presentations at historic fort sites, schools and rodeos to increase public knowledge of frontier-era African-American soldiers and their contributions to the Lone Star State.

Feb. 5, 2007

Public Meetings Set for Big Bend Ranch State Park Use Plan

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.

Flat Out Fishing Lake Jackson Goes from Green to Blue

LAKE JACKSON, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host a saltwater fishing seminar that explores the sandy-green waters of our Gulf passes and the azure blue water haunts of prized billfish.