Participation in outdoor recreation reached a six-year high in 2012 with nearly half of Americans 6 and older taking part in at least one of the 43 outdoor activities included in the report.
The percentage equates to 141.9 million American outdoor participants, reflecting an increase of nearly a million people...
Lake Tawakoni has long been a haven for freshwater anglers and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is asking that anglers participate in a survey to determine opinions, characteristics and experiences of catfish anglers, with an emphasis on the blue catfish fishery.
A printed copy of the survey also is...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
Too Many to Count
Two Val Verde County game wardens were checking hunting camps when they discovered a hunting party had taken too many deer. To keep up with the growing list of violations, the game wardens resorted to drawing up a...
Biologists, landowners and especially waterfowl hunters always eagerly anticipate the annual duck population survey released each August by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service, hoping that waterfowl counts remain above board.
This year's annual survey, released Monday, estimates the breeding duck population at 38.9 million, about...
A federal judge in Brownsville has ruled in favor of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in a joint lawsuit brought by the agencies challenging an emergency regulation enacted by the National Marine Fisheries Service over red snapper seasons.
The ruling means...
This year's pronghorn antelope season in the Texas Panhandle, which begins Saturday and runs through Oct. 6, will include an experimental framework that allows landowners to control harvest of buck pronghorn on their properties.
The experimental season will be in herd units 8, 17, and 25, which include portions of...
The Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources is playing an integral role in a new federal, local and private collaboration dedicated to natural resource sustainability for areas surrounding military installations, according to officials.
The institute is assisting the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
The Abominable Snowman: A game warden received a call with information about two Yeti coolers for sale on Craigslist. The warden and a DPS Criminal Investigation Division officer reviewed the listing and found the coolers pictured to be consistent with the...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
Getting Schooled: A McLennan County game warden received a call from a hunter to help locate a deer he shot while bowhunting. After further investigation, the warden found that the deer was shot on China Spring Independent School District property and...