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National Safe Boating Week Highlights Importance of Boating and Water Safety Heading into the Memorial Day Weekend

Safe Boating Week runs May 16-22 nationally and in Texas as proclaimed by Gov. Greg Abbott and partners across the country are advocating safe and…

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National Fishing Day at TFFC June 6

The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens will kick off National Fishing and Boating Week on June 6 by making a family fishing trip affordable…

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MCPHAIL WINS GOLD FOR USA SHOOTING

Michael McPhail, of Darlington, Wisconsin, won a gold medal, an Olympic quota and nearly broke a world record for men’s prone rifle at the International Shooting…

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Severe Weather Affects Texas State Parks

Numerous storms have rolled through much of the state recently, and the volume of much needed rain is having impacts on some state parks. Affected…

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TPWD Temporarily Closes Alligator Gar Fishing in Trinity River Downstream of Dallas

Due to flooding conditions on the Trinity River, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is temporarily prohibiting fishing for alligator gar in portions of the…

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Texas Game Wardens Arrest Two Killeen Men in Alligator Death

A Texas Game Warden investigation sparked by social media posts on Facebook detailing the killing of an 11-foot alligator has resulted in the arrests of…

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Texas State-Fish Art Contest Announces 2015 Winners

The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, headquarters for the Texas division of Wildlife Forever’s State-Fish Art Contest, has announced the Texas division winners for 2015. In…

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Campaign Aims to Stem Spread of Invasive Zebra Mussels

A major public awareness campaign is calling on boaters to “Clean, Drain, and Dry” their boats, trailers, and gear before traveling to and from Texas…

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Partners Unite to Safeguard Highland Lakes from Spread of Invasive Zebra Mussels

Summer boating season is just around the corner and a coalition led by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is launching a major public awareness…

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East Texas River Bottom Conservationist is 2015 Leopold Conservation Award Winner

A self-proclaimed “East Texas river rat” with Harvard undergraduate and medical degrees whose lifelong love of bottomland hardwood country ignited landscape conservation along the Trinity…

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