Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Causes Black Vulture Mortalities in New Braunfels Area

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Causes Black Vulture Mortalities in New Braunfels Area

AUSTIN — Preliminary tests have confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in multiple black vultures recovered at Landa Park in New Braunfels. Disease experts indicate…

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Lady Bird Lake, J.B. Thomas Kick of February with Pair Off Legacy Class ShareLunkers

Lady Bird Lake, J.B. Thomas Kick of February with Pair Off Legacy Class ShareLunkers

ATHENS – The Toyota ShareLunker program roared into February with two Legacy Class lunkers on back-to-back days. Lady Bird Lake returned to the Legacy class…

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Texas Game Warden Field Notes

Texas Game Warden Field Notes

Flushing Out a Poacher On Nov. 2, Henderson County Game Wardens filed charges against a man for hunting without landowner consent. The wardens had been…

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Texas Game Wardens Uncover Illegal White-Tailed Deer Smuggling Operation

Texas Game Wardens Uncover Illegal White-Tailed Deer Smuggling Operation

AUSTIN – Texas Game Wardens have concluded an investigation that led to the arrest and conviction of two individuals involved in illegally moving captive white-tailed…

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Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Arrives in Austin, Benefits Texas State Parks

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Arrives in Austin, Benefits Texas State Parks

AUSTIN — The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is back in Austin March 22 at the historic Paramount Theatre. This is the 18th…

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Texas Game Wardens Arrest Outfitter, Guides for Illegal Exotic Hunts

Texas Game Wardens Arrest Outfitter, Guides for Illegal Exotic Hunts

PORT MANSFIELD – Texas Game Wardens arrested a local hunting outfitter and two others for illegally guiding nilgai hunts on private property. The suspects used…

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Annual Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Dates Set for 2025

Annual Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Dates Set for 2025

AUSTIN —For the past 23 years in February, countless volunteers band together to search the Texas coastline for abandoned crab traps. The abandoned traps foul…

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Toyota ShareLunker Program Enjoyed Record-Breaking 2024 Season

Toyota ShareLunker Program Enjoyed Record-Breaking 2024 Season

ATHENS – The 2024 Toyota ShareLunker season reached new heights thanks to 371 anglers who entered a record 689 lunker largemouth bass into the program…

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Richland-Chambers Reservoir Returns to ShareLunker Stage

Richland-Chambers Reservoir Returns to ShareLunker Stage

ATHENS – Richland-Chambers Reservoir is back in the Toyota ShareLunker Legacy Class spotlight for the first time since 2008. Dylan Sorrells of Dallas reeled in…

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TPW Commission Adopts Oyster Certificate of Location Regulation Changes

TPW Commission Adopts Oyster Certificate of Location Regulation Changes

AUSTIN — During its Jan. 23 meeting, the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Commission approved changes to the oyster Certificate of Location (COL) program rules….

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