Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens made 58 boating under the influence arrests and made contact with about 30,000 recreational boaters during the July Fourth weekend.
Game wardens also filed 39 minor in possession of alcohol cases and eight for drug-related offenses during the holiday weekend, according to a...
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 has received a briefing from staff on the state’s red snapper fishing as well as recent action by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council that is likely to shorten this year’s recreational fishing season in federal waters.
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management...
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...
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...
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted Feb. 8 to recommend an emergency rule that could shorten the recreational red snapper fishing season in federal waters off the Texas coast to as little as 11 days from the planned 27-day season.
The recommendation passed by a narrow majority, over strong opposition...
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 United States Geological Survey has confirmed that Lewisville Lake was found to harbor zebra mussels, making it the third lake in Texas, and the second within the Trinity River basin, where the invasive species has been discovered.
Christopher Churchill, a USGS biologist who has monitored for the mussels in...
A joint venture formed by affiliates of three of the world's largest oil and gas companies is helping conservation efforts in Texas.
Golden Pass LNG, which recently pledged $130,000 in support of Ducks Unlimited's conservation programs along the Texas coast, added to the outreach by providing more than 3.2 million...
A recent sutdy from NOAA's National Weather Service highlights the danger lightning poses to outdoorsmen and women, notably anglers.
The research showed that 64 percent of lightning deaths since 2006 occurred while people were participating in leisure activities, with fishing topping the list at 26 deaths, according to a news...