Prospects Good for Dove Season in Texas

Prospects Good for Dove Season in Texas

Most folks don’t usually look forward to Mondays, but Texas dove hunters will be making an exception this year. The traditional September 1 dove season opening day…

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TPWD Sets Public Meeting Announcing Caddo Lake WMA Duck Blind Prohibition

TPWD Sets Public Meeting Announcing Caddo Lake WMA Duck Blind Prohibition

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is announcing plans to prohibit permanent duck blinds on the Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area effective the 2015-16 waterfowl…

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Big Bend Ranch Visitor Center Named for Bob Armstrong

Big Bend Ranch Visitor Center Named for Bob Armstrong

The man who proved instrumental in helping the State of Texas secure a 212,000-acre West Texas ranch 25 years ago that doubled the size of…

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2015 Toyota Texas Bass Classic Scheduled for May 23-25 at Lake Fork

2015 Toyota Texas Bass Classic Scheduled for May 23-25 at Lake Fork

World Championship of Bass Fishing will Return to Lake Fork in Spring 2015 Toyota Texas Bass Classic officials announced next year’s dates and field changes…

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Texas Sets Waterfowl Seasons for 2014-2015

Texas Sets Waterfowl Seasons for 2014-2015

Duck populations are the highest since North American surveys began in 1955, and as a result Texas will enjoy for the 20th consecutive year the…

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Powderhorn Ranch Becomes Largest Conservation Land Purchase in Texas History

Powderhorn Ranch Becomes Largest Conservation Land Purchase in Texas History

Donations used for Landmark $37.7 Million Acquisition A multi-partner coalition including the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Foundation today announced the purchase of the 17,351-acre…

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Eddie Hood Named Midwest Officer of the Year

Eddie Hood Named Midwest Officer of the Year

Texas game warden Eddie Hood has been recognized as the Texas Officer of the Year by the Association of Midwest Fish and Game Law Enforcement…

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TPWD Employee Named State Boating Educator of the Year

TPWD Employee Named State Boating Educator of the Year

Tim Spice, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Boater Education Coordinator, has been selected as the “State Educator of the Year” as well as the “Southern…

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Game Warden Named “State Officer of the Year” by NASBLA

Game Warden Named “State Officer of the Year” by NASBLA

Texas Game Warden John Thorne has been selected as the “State Officer of the Year” and the “Southern States Officer of the Year” by the…

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Unbearable: Punctured bear spray can clears thrift store

Unbearable: Punctured bear spray can clears thrift store

An Anchorage thrift store was evacuated Thursday after a fork lift punctured a box of donated items, including a cannister of pepper spray bear deterrent. Medics evaluated 13…

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