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Texas waterfowl hunters continue to be among the best conservationists when it comes to raising funds for habitat protection and other initiatives vital to continuing outdoor traditions. That fact again has been backed by news that 41 Texas Ducks Unlimited chapters were recognized nationally on the President's Elite and Top...
A report released this week by the American Sportfishing Association makes a case that from an economic perspective, recreational fishing is just as important as commercial fishing, despite a much lower impact on the resource. According to the report, anglers landed just 2 percent of the total saltwater landings compared...
Compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Drifting Away: Two Val Verde County game wardens responded to a distress call involving a small child trapped in a drifting boat. The boat had drifted into the middle of Amistad International Reservoir with a 7-year-old child, and 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...
Researchers in Florida have made a startling Lyme disease discovery, finding a pair of bacteria that previously were unknown to infect humans. The Lyme disease species, Borrelia americana and Borrelia andersonii, were found in symptomatic patients living in the southeast by University of North Florida researchers, according to this report...
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has adopted a notice of intent that would alter daily limit regulations for channel and blue catfish caught in boundary waters with Texas including Toledo Bend Reservoir, Caddo Lake and the Sabine River. Fisheries biologists from each state recommended the action based on...
Texas officials hoping to combat the spread of invasive zebra mussels have proposed new rules requiring that all boats operating on public waters in 17 northeast counties be drained after use. Zebra mussels became established in Texas in Lake Texoma in 2009.  Last year, they were found in Lake Ray...
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...
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...
Spring fishing and boating season is here, which means many folks may have not used their crafts in a number of months, but it's always the best protocol to give your boat a good once-over to ensure boating safety this time of year. With that in mind, here's a thorough...