Executive Orders Index
2012
- Executive Order No. 12-006
(PDF 113.7 KB)
Date: November 30, 2012
Subject: The Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ORDERS the following
modification to the department publications entitled “2012-2013 Map Booklet for Public
Hunting Lands”: Due to continuing negative impacts resulting from the current drought on Matagorda Island
Wildlife Management Area (Unit #722), the Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department ORDERS the waterfowl hunts by Annual Public Hunting Permit scheduled for the
Dec. 8-9, 2012 cancelled.
- Executive Order No. 12-005 (PDF 67.3 KB)
Date: August 29, 2012
Subject: The Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ORDERS that in addition to the regulations contained in the Public Lands Proclamation (31 TAC Chapter 65, Subchapter H), hunting on public lands in this state shall be conducted as provided for in the department publications entitled “2012-2013 Applications for Drawings on Public Lands,” and “2012-2013 Map Booklet for Public Hunting Lands” and any supplements.
- Executive Order No. 12-004 (PDF 73.7 KB)
Date: August 9, 2012
Subject: In accordance with Parks and Wildlife Code §46.002(a)(5), the Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) hereby ORDERS the sponsorship of the “Free Fishing in State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas,” an ongoing event to encourage participation in angling on state parks and wildlife management areas owned or leased by TPWD.
- Executive Order No. 12-003 (PDF 76.8 KB)
Date: July 30, 2012
Subject: The Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department finds that zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) present an immediate danger to aquatic species regulated by the department and hereby ORDERS the adoption of emergency rules to contain zebra mussels in all impounded and tributary waters of the Elm Fork of the Trinity River upstream from the Lewisville dam. The Executive Director authorizes the immediate submission of Notice of Emergency Rulemaking in the Texas Register.
Notice of Emergency Rulemaking (PDF 90.1 KB)
- Executive Order No. 12-002 (PDF 86.7 KB)
Date: June 29, 2012
Subject: Under the provisions of 31 TAC §65.313(f), the Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, after notifying the Chairman of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, adopts amendments to 31 TAC §§65.315 and 65.319, concerning the Migratory Game Bird Proclamation, with changes to the proposed text as published in the May 18, 2012 issue of the Texas Register (37 TexReg 3673). The Executive Director hereby authorizes publication of the Notice of Adoption in the Texas Register.
- Executive Order No. 12-001 (PDF 86.7 KB)
Date: January 30, 2012
Subject: Pursuant to the requirements of Parks and Wildlife Code, §13.001 and the provisions of 31 Tex. Admin. Code §59.62, the Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department hereby orders that the tracts of land enumerated herein be designated a state park and entered into the inventory of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department lands classified as state parks.
2011
- Executive Order No. 008 (PDF 85.3 KB)
Date: December 29, 2011
Subject: Due to the continuing impacts of the exceptional drought on freshwater ponds on the Matagorda Island Wildlife Management Area (Unit #722), the Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ORDERS the cancellation of waterfowl hunts by Annual Public Hunting permit scheduled for January 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 2012. Waterfowl hunting in the Bayshore Marsh Area is unaffected.
- Executive Order No. 007 (PDF 75.5 KB)
Date: December 20, 2011
Subject: Under the provisions of 31 Texas Administrative Code, §53.50, an agent appointed by the department to provide boater education instruction may charge and keep a per-student service fee in an amount established in a fee schedule approved by the director, which shall not exceed $25.
- Executive Order No. 006 (PDF 75.5 KB)
Date: November 22, 2011
Subject: Cancellation of waterfowl hunts at the Matagorda Island Wildlife Management Area (Unit #722) by
Annual Public Hunting permit scheduled for December 10-11, 2011. Waterfowl hunting
in the Bayshore Marsh Area is unaffected.
- Executive Order No. 005 (PDF 69.5 KB)
Date: August 1, 2011
Subject: The number of drawn special permit general alligator hunt positions scheduled for the J. D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area is reduced from 180 positions to 98 positions.
- Executive Order No. 004 (PDF 27.7 KB)
Date: July 12, 2011
Subject: Migratory Game Bird Proclamation, with changes to the proposed text as published in the May 27, 2011, issue of the Texas Register (36 TexReg 3265)
- Executive Order No. 003 (PDF 77.4 KB)
Date: July 22, 2011
Subject: Sponsorship of the "Free Fishing in State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas," an ongoing event to encourage participation in angling on state parks and wildlife management areas owned or leased by TPWD
- Executive Order No. 002 (PDF 259.7 KB)
Date: May 4, 2011
Subject: Public hunting and recreational access to North Unit of Richland Creek Wildlife Managelment Area (Unit 703) cancelled until August 31, 2011.
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Executive Order No. 001
(PDF 28.6 KB)
Date: February 17, 2011
Subject: Cancellation of hunts at Cooper WMA and the Big Hill Unit of the J.D. Murphree WMA
2010
2009
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Executive Order No. 014
(PDF 28.1 KB)
Date: December 28, 2009
Subject: Mission Lake Unit Reinstitute Hunts
- Executive Order No. 013
(PDF 29.4 KB)
Date: December 17, 2009
Subject: Chaparral Hunt, January 8-10.
- Executive Order No. 012
(PDF 29.5 KB)
Date: December 1, 2009
Subject: Hunt Cancellation at White Oak Creek WMA.
- Executive Order No. 011 (PDF 27.1 KB)
Date: November 24, 2009
Subject: Hunt Cancellation at Mission Lake Unit of the Guadalupe Delta WMA.
- Executive Order No. 010
(PDF 29 KB)
Date: November 13, 2009
Subject: Hunt Reinstatement at Mission Lake Unit of the Guadalupe Delta WMA.
- Executive Order No. 009
(PDF 35.9 KB)
Date: November 3, 2009
Subject: Hunt Cancellations at various units due to flooding.
- Executive Order No. 008(PDF 22.6 KB)
Date: October 30, 2009
Subject: Hunt Cancellations at Mission Lake Unit of Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area.
- Executive Order No. 007(PDF 35.9 KB)
Date: October 26, 2009
Subject: Hunt Cancellations at Old Sabine Bottom, Richland Creek, and White Oak Creek wildlife management areas.
- Executive Order No. 006
(PDF 21.8 KB)
Date: October 19, 2009
Subject: Public Hunt Cancellation on Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area due to flooding.
- Executive Order No. 005
(PDF 22.9 KB)
Date: August 19, 2009
Subject: Public Hunting Map Booklet and Drawings
- Executive Order No. 004
(0 B)
Date: July 3, 2009
Subject: Free Fishing in State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas
- Executive Order No. 003
(PDF 22.9 KB)
Date: July 2, 2009
Subject: Migratory Game Bird Proclamation
- Executive Order No. 002
(PDF 22.5 KB)
Date: March 20, 2009
Subject: Reopening Candy Abshier Wildlife Management Area
- Executive Order No. 001
(PDF 27.7 KB)
Date: January 7, 2009
Subject: Matagorda Island Hunt Cancellations
2008
- Executive Order No. 013
(PDF 34 KB)
Date: December 8, 2008
Subject: Public Hunts Cancelled on Matagorda Island and Purtis Creek WMAs
- Executive Order No. 012
(PDF 31.5 KB)
Date: October 28, 2008
Subject: Candy Cain Abshier WMA closed
- Executive Order No. 011
(PDF 27.8 KB)
Date: October 1, 2008
Subject: Hunts at Sam Houston National Forest WMA reinstituted
- Executive Order No. 010
(PDF 59.5 KB)
Date: September 24, 2008
Subject: Hunts Reinstated on Bannister and Alabama Creek wmas.
- Executive Order No. 009
(PDF 27.5 KB)
Date: September 19, 2008
Subject: Hurricane Ike Cancellations, Relocations and Reinstatements
- Executive Order No. 008
(PDF 73.7 KB)
Date: September 12, 2008
Subject: Hurricane Ike Hunt Cancellations
- Executive Order No. 007
(PDF 212.1 KB)
Date: September 12, 2008
Subject: Hurricane Ike Closures
- Executive Order No. 006
(PDF 21.4 KB)
Date: August 29, 2008
Subject: Free Fishing in State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas
- Executive Order No. 005,
(PDF 21.1 KB)
Date: August 28, 2008
Subject: Authorizing Public Hunting Booklets
- Executive Order No. 004
(PDF 20.6 KB)
Date: July 29, 2008
Subject: Migratory Game Bird Proclamation
2007
