The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is taking public comment on reauthorizing the practice of using tracking dogs to trail wounded deer, which has been prohibited in a dozen eastern counties for more than 20 years.
A series of public meetings is slated to provide details of the proposal and...
Beachgoers along the Gulf Coast, including along Texas' Padre Island National Seashore and its bays and estuaries, are urged to be mindful of the many beach-nesting birds that will be tending to young birds and perhaps a few remaining eggs this time of year.
"People visiting the beaches are often...
Thirty counties in North and Central Texas on Sunday were added to regulations requiring that boats operating on public water be drained after use in the state’s continuing effort to combat the spread of invasive zebra mussels
Under the regulations, persons leaving or approaching public water in the affected counties...
The executive director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has signed an emergency order adding the West Fork of the Trinity River including Bridgeport, Eagle Mountain and Worth lakes to the list of water bodies under special regulations intended to help control the spread of invasive zebra mussels.
Carter...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4 million last week.
“This is one of if not the largest drug seizure by Texas game wardens in the history of our agency,” said TPWD Law Enforcement Director Craig Hunter, in a news...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports shed more light on the circumstances surrounding Worthy D. Wiles III, of Dallas, who recently pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act after he shot and killed a juvenile whooping crane.
Wiles was with three other hunters when he...
Oregon-owned company Bold Ideas, which owns Colt Competition, has confirmed that the rifle manufacturer is opening a plant in Breckenridge, according to this report from the Abilene Reporter-News.
Colt, which is based in Connecticut, manufactures three kinds of semi-automatic rifles, including the AR-15. The move comes as the state passed...
The Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources is playing an integral role in a new federal, local and private collaboration dedicated to natural resource sustainability for areas surrounding military installations, according to officials.
The institute is assisting the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department...