Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are investigating after a whooping crane was found shot to death in Red River Parish, northeast of Toledo Bend Reservoir and the Texas border.
The whooping crane was found and recovered from the bank...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Division has formed a Marine Investigations Unit composed of game wardens who will work to combat boat theft, personal watercraft theft and related fraud.
The unit, part of the Law Enforcement Division’s Special Operations section, will operate on a statewide basis, with nine...
Four paddling trail segments on the Brazos River recently were added as official Texas Paddling Trails.
Paddlers along the Stephen F. Austin Paddling Trail can expect plentiful wildlife, rugged landscapes and historic settings as they travel on one of Texas’ most storied rivers. Paddlers can take one section at a time...
Texas will receive $203 million over a five-year period to restore Gulf of Mexico coastal natural resources impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced Monday.
The foundation will administer the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund involving $2.544 billion from plea agreements resolving certain criminal...
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday released its 2012 Recreational Boating Statistics, revealing that boating fatalities last year totaled 651, the lowest number on record.
From 2011 to 2012, deaths in boating-related accidents decreased from 758 to 651, a 14.1 percent decrease; injuries decreased from 3,081 to 3,000, a 2.6...
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...
A new study provides a glimpse at America's economic stake in conservation, totaling the public and private investments in fish, wildlife and natural resources conservation at $38.8 billion per year -- funds that circulate through the economy and stimulate $93.2 billion in economic activity.
"The Conservation Economy in America," commissioned...
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...
Five Texas-based projects totaling about $18 million are slated to receive funding to help compensate for lost human use of natural resources resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The three artificial reef and two state park projects are part of the latest round of restoration led by state...