Texas game wardens and Williamson County sheriff’s deputies serving a search warrant at a residence over the weekend seized a collection of illegally taken wildlife mounts, a quantity of marijuana and $4,000 in cash.
The search began about 11:30 a.m. Saturday, and a 55-year-old man was taken into custody, according...
With new categories added for the second annual Texas State Parks photo contest, photographers of all ages have a chance to win while taking in the splendor of more than 90 state parks and historic sites this spring.
Whether it’s a photo from a weekend get together with friends, or...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is taking public comment on reauthorizing the practice of using tracking dogs to trail wounded deer, which has been prohibited in a dozen eastern counties for more than 20 years.
A series of public meetings is slated to provide details of the proposal and...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Public Hunt Drawing System will be online-only beginning with summer applications for hunts ranging from deer and turkeys to alligators and exotics.
The drawings also include eight specifically for youth only.
Applications will only be accepted online, and in a change from the past, no “Applications...
A Louisiana man was ordered to pay more than $14,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to negligent transportation of wildlife in connection with importing live white-tailed deer into the Trans-Pecos region.
Stephen Anderson Sipes Jr., 57, pleaded guilty June 10. Sipes had an ownership interest in a high-fence ranch in...
A federal judge found Texas officials responsible for the deaths of 23 whooping cranes and ordered the state to develop a conservation plan that would protect the last naturally migrating flock of the endangered birds, according to this Associated Press report from the Houston Chronicle.
Senior U.S. District Judge Janis...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council voted to adopt a plan outlining ecological and financial recovery efforts for the Gulf region in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
"Initial Comprehensive Plan: Restoring the Gulf Coast's Ecosystem and Economy" establishes generally the types of projects to be targeted...
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...
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...
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...