TPWD Surveys Show Solid Stocks of Redfish, Trout
AUSTIN, Texas –The Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released the results of annual coastwide gill net surveys and the news is good for saltwater anglers.
TPWD News Releases
Feb. 17, 2004
New ‘Texas State Parks Pass’ Provides Free Entry, Many Extras
AUSTIN, Texas— Visitors heading to Texas state parks this spring will be greeted upon arrival with posters and park employees sporting lapel buttons that read: “All the Parks. Extra Perks” designed to call attention to a new annual parks pass.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, TPWD Conduct Waterfowl Enforcement
AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) special agents and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) game wardens worked cooperatively to address waterfowl hunting violations in Colorado, Wharton and Calhoun counties during the regular 2003 and 2004 waterfowl seasons.
TPWD Employee Recalls Lost History with ‘Buffalo Soldiers’
AUSTIN, Texas – The gray warehouse is easily overlooked in between the industrial buildings just outside of downtown Austin. Only a tiny Texas Parks and Wildlife Department seal on the glass door hints at the library of artifacts inside.
Free Two-day Celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos
WASHINGTON, Texas — The 168th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence will be celebrated Feb. 28-29 at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site during the annual Texas Independence Day Celebration.
Stay Tuned, Feb. 17, 2004
Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.
Feb. 9, 2004
South Texas, Mid Coast Hunters Got the Ducks
AUSTIN, Texas – Just as Panhandle waterfowlers were blessed last year with prime hunting, this year’s hotspots shifted to the other end of the state, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports.
Land and Water Plan Shows Texas Conservation Priorities
AUSTIN, Texas – Imagine a plan that lays out where Texas needs to be in 10 years regarding land and water conservation and recreation—that means everything from providing great hunting, fishing and birding to protecting the resources that make those activities possible.
Mentoring Program Assists New Hunter Ed Instructors
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas has a national reputation for making access to hunter education convenient and plentiful with more than 4,400 courses offered across the state and at least one in all 254 counties each year.
Proposal Would Exempt New Hunters From Education
AUSTIN, Texas – If you’ve ever had to turn down an invite to go hunting because you didn’t have time to take a hunter education course or if someone you’ve asked to go hunting has had to back out for the same reason, there may soon be a solution.