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 game warden was shot Sunday evening in northeast Texas while bow hunting on a wildlife management area.
Chris Fried, 31, of Cooper, the off-duty warden, was hunting on the Cooper Wildlife Management Area in Delta County when he was struck by a bullet in the upper right arm, according...
Proposed changes to the state’s hunter education certification program would streamline the process for the tens of thousands who take the course annually, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials said.
Anyone born after Sept. 1, 1971, must successfully complete a Hunter Education Training Course to hunt in Texas. Hunters can...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
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Two Tarrant County game wardens were checking a field on opening day when they found two men sitting around a stock tank with shotguns and a moving dove decoy set out. The father-son duo was contacted by the...
Three Texas Parks and Wildlife Department employees died Saturday in a helicopter crash while conducting aerial surveys for desert bighorn sheep on the agency's Black Gap Wildlife Management Area in Brewster County.
The men who perished in the accident were Wildlife Biologist Dewey Stockbridge, Fish and Wildlife Technician Brandon White...
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 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 latest in quail research, aided in large part by a number of Texas organizations, is now available in a 386-page volume, "Quail VII: Proceedings of the Seventh National Quail Symposium."
Quail VII content is diverse, containing more than 80 papers and abstracts with 27 state and federal agencies, universities...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved an experimental pronghorn buck season in some areas of the Panhandle, which would allow landowners to control the harvest of buck pronghorn antelope.
In addition, an extension to the existing mule deer managed lands deer permits season will be part of changes to...
The Texas Big Game Awards, in its 24th year, is accepting entries through Feb. 15 in categories including white-tailed deer, mule deer, javelina and pronghorn antelope.
The program is a partnership between the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas Wildlife Association recognizing the contributions landowners, land managers and hunters make...