Lesser Known Parks Offer Exciting Alternative to Crowds, Closures

Lesser Known Parks Offer Exciting Alternative to Crowds, Closures

AUSTIN— With their popularity soaring, visitation at Texas State Parks has increased by more than half a  million visits in the past four years, making…

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NOAA Announces the 2017 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Seasons

NOAA Announces the 2017 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Seasons

NOAA Announces the 2017 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Seasons WHAT/WHEN: The 2017 Gulf of Mexico federal red snapper recreational seasons open for the…

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TPWD CO-OP Awards Nearly $1.5 Million in Grants to Texas Communities

TPWD CO-OP Awards Nearly $1.5 Million in Grants to Texas Communities

AUSTIN – Thirty-nine organizations across the state have been awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Community Outdoor…

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No Land No Water is Theme of Soil & Water Stewardship Week

No Land No Water is Theme of Soil & Water Stewardship Week

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is joining the statewide campaign, No Land No Water™, the theme of this year’s Soil & Water Stewardship Week, which…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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