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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering an experimental landowner controlled harvest pronghorn buck season. Wildlife officials also are proposing an extension of mule deer season under Managed Lands Deer Permits as part of recommended changes to the 2013-14 Statewide Hunting Proclamation, according to a news release. TPWD staff recommended...
The Coast Guard has released its most recent national recreational boating survey, which examines data to help prevent boating accidents and assess the economic impact of boating by region. The study found that about 29 percent, or 34.2 million, of the estimated 116.7 million U.S. households had at least one...
Duck populations are the highest since North American surveys began in 1955, and as a result Texans again will enjoy the most liberal waterfowl hunting season framework allowable. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission last week approved waterfowl seasons at its public hearing in Houston. The commission retained a staggered...
The Dallas Safari Club will grant more than a million dollars for conservation, education and hunter advocacy efforts worldwide for the second year in a row. The club's funding commitment for 2013 is $1,010,000 -- a record for the organization. The allocation follows major growth in the DSC annual convention and...
The United States Geological Survey has confirmed that Lewisville Lake was found to harbor zebra mussels, making it the third lake in Texas, and the second within the Trinity River basin, where the invasive species has been discovered. Christopher Churchill, a USGS biologist who has monitored for the mussels in...
A variety of habitat conservation groups have partnered to highlight the important connection between voluntary land stewardship and sustaining water availability in Texas. Ducks Unlimited partnered with the Association of Texas Soil & Water Conservation Districts, Texas Wildlife Association and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board. Effective land stewardship...
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...
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...
Hunters will be allowed to use as many as two dogs only to trail a wounded deer in 12 additional counties in East Texas during the 2013-14 deer season under a rule change approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The rule change does not legalize the use of...
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved the protection, restoration and enhancement of 157,000 acres of migratory bird habitat, including a project at Texas' San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge in Brazoria County. The commission approved the $3.3 million purchases and boundary additions that will add 42,000 acres to the National...