The stocking of keeper-size channel catfish has started for the 15 Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes in Texas and should be completed soon.
Additional stockings will take place every two weeks through the summer and fall except during August, when high water temperatures may limit fish survival.
“Neighborhood Fishin’ aims to give Texas...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
Falling for the Decoy: Two San Augustine County game wardens and a Forest Service ranger were using a decoy deer to deter night hunting, when a small car passed their location a couple of times, its occupants were observing the decoy....
A draft plan proposes $627 million in early restoration projects across Gulf states in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including five Texas projects to compensate for lost recreational use of natural resources.
The Texas projects in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees plan total about $18.4 million, according...
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...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
Sleepy Hollow-like: Two Van Zandt County game wardens received a tip about three individuals who had killed two large white-tailed bucks, still in velvet, at night with a spotlight. After interviewing the subjects, the wardens found out the two bucks were...
Huge changes are coming to the Texas fishing and hunting landscape beginning Sept. 1, 2019, including a statewide five-fish limit for speckled trout, a new mandatory kill-switch law for motor boats 26 feet or less in length, and a change to feral hog hunting license requirements on private lands.
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A bobwhite enthusiast in Texas kicked off fundraising for the new Bobwhite Foundation with a $100,000 endowment -- and a promise to match as much as $1 million in donations from other sources during the next two years.
Joe Crafton, founder and chair of Park Cities Quail in Dallas, made...
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...
A juvenile whooping crane was accidentally shot and killed in January near St. Joseph’s Island in Aransas County, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement officials said.
A fresh water duck hunter out on his first coastal duck hunt Jan. 12 saw a bird he believed was a sandhill crane...
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...