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May 24, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

Game Warden Col. Pete Flores Receives National Honor News Images [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN – Col. Pete Flores, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Law Enforcement Division Director, has received the first-ever Legacy Award from the National Association of Conservation Law Enforcement Chiefs.
TPWD Outlines Course of Action for Quail [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN – State wildlife officials are taking a “boots on the ground” approach to bobwhite quail management in Texas as part of a strategic action plan that involves hunters, landowners and science. The plan focuses on habitat management and does not include changes in harvest regulations.
Michael Hummert Named Marine Law Enforcement Officer of the Year News Images [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN — Anyone who spends much time on Lake Texoma in North Texas likely has run into Game Warden Michael Hummert, the 2012 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department marine law enforcement officer of the year.
Texas Water Safety Efforts Enhanced by San Antonio Foundation — Scott A. Freund Memorial Foundation funds water safety video for driver education students News Images [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN — A new water safety video will be produced for Texas driver education courses, thanks to a generous donation by the Scott A. Freund Memorial Foundation. Foundation representatives presented a ceremonial check for $20,000 to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Accepts $50,000 Check from DSC News Images [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN — Dallas Safari Club (DSC) leaders today delivered a $50,000 check to support Texas Parks and Wildlife Department programs for public hunting, conservation, education, state parks and law enforcement.
$3 Million in Trail Grants Awarded Across Texas [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission today approved $3,014,992 million in federal funding for 26 National Recreational Trail Grant projects in communities across the state. The total includes $485,000 in re-allocated trail funds for trail improvements in seven state parks.
Texas Businesses Step Up for State Parks — Whole Earth Provision Co. makes $30,000 donation at TPW Commission meeting News Images [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN — Whole Earth Provision Co. presented a check for $30,000 to benefit Texas State Parks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting today. The donation came from a month-long in-store promotion as well as proceeds from the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which was held in Austin in mid-April.
Mother Neff State Park Set to Almost Double in Size [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN – The state’s first official Texas State Park will grow to almost 400 acres thanks to action taken today by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The commission authorized the acquisition of 142 acres of land to add to Mother Neff State Park in Coryell County.
$100,000 Coca-Cola Grant Will Go to Park with Most Votes — Public Can Begin Voting Today to Help Bastrop Win $100,000 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
BASTROP – Bastrop State Park is making a strong comeback after last Labor Day Weekend’s horrific wildfire that burned most of the park, but an additional $100,000 would give a huge boost to help this beloved and iconic state park rise from the ashes. That’s the top grant in the national “America Is Your Park” competition, to be awarded to the park that receives the most votes during a promotion that ends just before midnight on July 15.
TPWD Re-Launches Zebra Mussel Awareness Campaign — North Texas Boaters asked to Clean, Drain and Dry News Images [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife and a coalition of partners are re-launching a public awareness campaign to coincide with the start of boating season and a new regulation that took effect this month asking boaters on Lake Texoma, Lake Lavon and the Red River and its tributaries to remove all water from their boat and trailer before leaving for another body of water.

May 23, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

TPWD Seeks Public Comment on 2012 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is seeking public comment on the draft of the 2012 Texas Outdoor Recreation Plan (TORP).
Cook’s Branch Conservancy Receives Texas’s Highest Award for Private Land Conservation News Images [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
AUSTIN – The transformation of a clear-cut, overgrazed working ranch into Cook’s Branch Conservancy a century later has earned a prominent Texas family the 2012 Leopold Conservation Award, the state’s highest honor recognizing habitat management and wildlife conservation on private land.

May 22, 2012

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Hunter Education Instructors Needed [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will be conducting a free Hunter Education New Instructor Training Workshop June 2, 2012, in Tyler, Texas. The workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s East Texas Ecological Center located at 11942 FM 848, Tyler 75707.

May 17, 2012