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A Missouri City man was ordered to pay a $15,000 fine and was placed on three years probation for illegally possessing a bald eagle, which he intended to train for use in falconry. Prosecutors in Corpus Christi said a judge sentenced Sam Mathew, 53, on Monday, according to this Associated...
A former freighter scuttled Wednesday about 8 miles into the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast will provide vital habitat as part of a reefing project as more abandoned oil rigs continue to be removed. The 155-foot Kinta S slipped to her watery grave offshore from Mustang Island from...
Nearly 3,000 acres of wetland habitat along Texas' Gulf coast will be improved through a grant from Ducks Unlimited and state partnerships, including with the Coastal Conservation Association and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Grants totaling $21 million were given to 21 projects in 16 states through the North American...
Eighty years ago -- Aug. 22, 1934, to be exact -- the first duck stamp was sold. The stamps have generated more than $800 million and helped secure more than 6 million acres of U.S. wetland habitat, thanks mostly to hunters. Here are some historical facts about the duck stamp...
Outdoor-related activities remain an encouraged part of life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, provided Texans maintain social distancing rules issued by state and local officials. However, if you are or planned to get outdoors in the Texas State Parks system you'll have to make other plans. Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday,...
Outdoor icon Ray Scott needs no introduction in bass fishing and deer hunting circles. The founder of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) and the Whitetail Institute of North America has hosted presidents, dignitaries and a host of other characters at Legacy Lakes, his own fishing and hunting oasis designed meticulously for...
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...
Texas deer hunters again are urged to properly dispose of carcasses from deer they shoot to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, particularly chronic wasting disease, which remains a low-level yet viable threat in far West Texas. Deer can become infected with the disease if they come into contact...
An auction conducted by the Dallas Safari Club has raised $350,000 for rhino conservation efforts in Namibia -- though the winner will be allowed to shoot one black rhino -- a move decried by animal rights groups and environmental groups across the globe. The proceeds will go into a special...
The federal fisheries agency that manages recreational red snapper fishing seasons in the Gulf of Mexico is seeking public input on a proposal to increase both the recreational and commercial quotes, and reopen the Gulf to a fall sport-fishing season. The proposed rule from NOAA Fisheries published Wednesday in the...