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Creative Crustacean Rigs

Whether fishing natural or artificial baits, there are plenty of ways to target a variety of gamefish during May. Story and photography By Danno Wise…

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Texas Deer Study Group Workshop Covers Range of Topics May 11-12 in Llano

The Texas Deer Study Group will convene May 11-12 at the Kuykendall Events Center, 2200 RR 152 in Llano. This year’s event will focus on…

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Lone Star Land Stewards: Bringing Back the Best of Texas

AUSTIN – They restore vital woods and waters, help bring back diverse wildlife ranging from rare species to popular game animals, share their knowledge with…

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Striped Bass Population Up at Possum Kingdom Reservoir

WICHITA FALLS – Biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries office in Wichita Falls recently completed fall electrofishing and spring gillnet surveys…

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New Study Shows Americans’ Deep Appreciation for Nature, Barriers to Connection

Texas data shows contact with nature is an important part of growing up and linking Texans to one another; competing priorities and other factors impede…

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Twelfth Annual Folk Festival Comes to Mission Tejas State Park

GRAPELAND— Experience how early Texas settlers lived at the 12th annual Mission Tejas Folk Festival 10 a.m. — 3 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Mission…

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Game Warden Field Notes

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Caught With His Pants Down A Comal County game warden…

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Record Effort to Combat Aquatic Invaders in Texas Yields Early Success, Looks to Next Steps

AUSTIN – Efforts to stop aquatic invasive species from taking over Texas waterways are ramping up this spring, made possible through record funding from state…

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Aquatic ‘passenger pigeon’ shiner found swimming in the Rio Grande

COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Kevin Conway is ecstatic. Conway, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research wildlife and fisheries scientist at College Station, is part of a…

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Catfish Season Kicks Off at Neighborhood Fishin’ Lakes Across the State

AUSTIN – It’s officially catfish stocking season in Texas, and thanks to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Neighborhood Fishin’ program families won’t have to…

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