Lake Conroe, north of Houston, has faced a number of invaders as its water levels have dropped.
It has been plagued with infestations of exotic vegetation damage to native vegetation by an overpopulation of grass carp introduced to get rid of the exotic vegetation, a degraded watershed, lack of shoreline...
Texas remains among the absolute top destinations for bass fishing in these United States, something that Bassmaster Magazine again has recognized, with 10 lakes in the Lone Star State making its annual Top 100 rankings for best bass fisheries in the nation in 2019.
Sam Rayburn Reservoir (No. 3 this...
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last week reversed a lower court decision that mandated freshwater inflows to whooping crane habitat on the Texas coast. The three-judge panel held that legal aspects of the Endangered Species Act were misapplied in the lower court decision, when it found that the...
The Dallas Safari Club said it will go ahead with the auction a black rhino hunting permit on behalf of Namibia, despite death threats against members of the organizations.
The club expects the permit to sell for at least $250,000 and perhaps fetch $1 million, according to a news release....
The onslaught of invasive zebra mussels -- which can have serious economic and recreational impact to Texas reservoirs -- has caused state officials to approve a number of regulations, the most notable of which takes effect July 1 statewide.
Beginning that day, all boaters must drain all water from their...
The 2019 red snapper season for federal waters off the Texas coast is set to be longer than it has been in a decade, beginning June 1 and running 97 days.
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the National Marine Fisheries Service entered into an agreement in April 2018,...
Two Illinois men were arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting of a game warden in northeast Texas on Sunday.
Eli Stephens, 18, and Dalton Haddix, 21, were arrested on suspicion of the second-degree felony, while Haddix also faces a charge of failure to...
A number of notable sportfishing groups have partnered to hold an innovative series of workshops across Gulf of Mexico states to identify opportunities to restore and enhance recreational fishing through recovery efforts associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The Gulf Recreational Fishing Restoration Workshops are a product of the...
More than half of the nation's rivers and streams are in poor health, according to a comprehensive survey by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The 2008-09 National Rivers and Stream Assessment reflects the most recent data available, and is part of EPA's expanded effort to monitor U.S. waterways and to gather...
Hunters and anglers long have been the greatest conservationists of natural resources and game species while also pumping huge revenues into economies at the state and city levels.
Dove hunting in Texas alone is a more than $300 million industry, according to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department figures, and while...