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(118 Releases)

May 17, 2012

• Free Food, Fishing to Highlight National Fishing Day at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
  ATHENS, Texas—The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens will kick off National Fishing and Boating Week June 2 by making a family fishing trip affordable with free admission for kids 12 and under plus free fishing for the whole family.

May 16, 2012

• Texas State Parks Participating in National Trails Day on June 2 — Parks to Host Hiking, Biking or Paddling Events to Encourage Outdoor Activity [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
  AUSTIN – Join in the celebration of “America’s Largest Trailgating Party” by attending one of dozens of special events being held at Texas State Parks on Saturday, June 2 to commemorate the 20th annual National Trails Day. To celebrate Trails Day, many state parks across Texas will host guided or staff-led hiking, biking or paddling events to encourage folks to get outside, exercise and enjoy the great outdoors.

May 15, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• TPWD Historic Sites Receives Grant to Study Effects of Bastrop State Park Fire — National Park Service Awards $25,000 to Examine Damage to Historic CCC Structures  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
  AUSTIN, TX – As one of only 11 recipients nationwide, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Historic Sites branch was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Park Service to study the effects of the Bastrop fire on Bastrop State Park’s historic structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corp.
• Battleship TEXAS Celebrates Christening Centennial [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
  LA PORTE – On the opening weekend of the Hollywood blockbuster “Battleship” come be a part of history as we celebrate the centennial of the launching of the nation’s oldest battleship.

May 10, 2012

• State Game Wardens Stress Boater Education in Water Safety [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

May 7, 2012

• Gulf Shrimp Season Closing May 15 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

May 4, 2012

• Lease for Lake Texana State Park Proposed to be Terminated — Park operations expected to be continued by Lavaca Navidad River Authority [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

May 3, 2012

• New Regulations to Affect Boaters, Anglers on Texoma, Lavon, Red River — Aim is to stop spread of invasive species [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

May 2, 2012

• Cherokee County Man Sentenced for Negligent Transportation of Wildlife [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

May 1, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Game Warden Col. Pete Flores Retiring — Legacy Includes Training, Equipment for 21st Century  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Texas State-Fish Art Contest Winners Announced  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Toyota ShareLunker Season Ends [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 30, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Regional Lone Star Land Stewards Persevere Through Drought, Down Economy [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Local Partners Boost Tarrant County Fishing — Additional partners sought for similar projects statewide  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 24, 2012

• Falcon International Reservoir Tops List of Best Bass Lakes in the U.S. [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 23, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Toyota Texas Bass Classic Serves up BBQ Cook Off — Fishing world championship and music festival will feature 75 teams in BBQ Cook-off [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Treat Mom to a Healthy, Fun Mother’s Day at a Texas State Park [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 19, 2012

• Legendary Anglers to be Inducted into Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 18, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Trustees Announce Major Progress in Gulf Restoration Effort [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• New East Texas Fish Hatchery to Hold Open House April 27 and 28  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 17, 2012

• Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center May 5  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 13, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Major East Texas Deer Poaching Case Finalized [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• New Group Pavilion Opens at Palo Duro Canyon State Park — Multipurpose Rec Hall Named in Honor of Amarillo-area Benefactor [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 12, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Archery hits the mark for Texans [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPW Commission Looks to Science for Solution to Quail Woes [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 11, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Texas Coastal Fisheries Hatcheries Celebrate 30 Years [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Egged in Athens [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• The Greatest Conservation Story You Never Heard: 75 Years of Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 10, 2012

• Safety First for Spring Turkey Hunting [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 9, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Bastrop State Park Back in Full Swing Post-Wildfire [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• O. H. Ivie Proves Toyota ShareLunker Was No Fluke [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 5, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Calling all citizen-scientists: it’s time to survey amphibians and reptiles [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• State Game Wardens Conclude Fish-Selling Sting [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 4, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment Set April 21 — Battle recognized as one of the top ten battles of the world to change history [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Public Input Sought on Proposed Devils River State Natural Area Public Use Plan — Five Meetings Set April 10-19 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Businesses lend a helping hand to Texas state parks — Latest effort by Texas-based Whole Earth with in-store donation month [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

April 3, 2012

• Family Fish Camp at Lake Texana State Park [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 30, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• TPWD Opens Deer Season in Metro Dallas Counties, Approves Silencers [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Donations Received to Help with Bastrop State Park Recovery  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 29, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Texas wild-rice now protected in segment of San Marcos River [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Employees Earn Three Prestigious Awards [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPWD Adopts Rules to Curb Spread of Exotic Species [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Falcon ShareLunker Produces Large Spawn [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPWD to Sell Portion of Palo Duro Canyon’s Fortress Cliff Ranch [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 27, 2012

• Endangered Whooping Cranes Winding Down Unusual Year [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 26, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Lake Austin ShareLunker Streak Continues; O.H. Ivie Joins In  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Texas Prepares for CWD Possibility in Far West Texas [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Texas Hunting Accidents Drop to Record Low [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 22, 2012

• Texans Asked to Visit State Parks as Business Partners Line up to Help with Budget Gap [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 21, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Hybrid Striper Anglers Should Head for Millers Creek [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Waco Man to Complete Fishing Marathon March 31 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 20, 2012

• TPWD Exploring Non-lethal Burro Control at Big Bend Ranch State Park [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 19, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Outdoor Fools Day Offers Food, Fun and Outdoor Activities [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Falcon, Fork Produce Toyota ShareLunkers  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• ShareLunker Program Coordinator to Retire  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 15, 2012

• Continued Lack of Rain Forces Suspension of Operations at Dundee Fish Hatchery [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 13, 2012

• Egg-citing Event Coming to Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center May 12  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 12, 2012

• Lesser Prairie-Chicken Aerial Survey Begins  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 8, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Hunter Education Instructors Needed [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Springtime in Full Bloom at Texas State Parks [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Texas Parks & Wildlife offers 10 good reason to get outside this spring [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 5, 2012

• Lake Ray Roberts Produces Toyota ShareLunker  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

March 1, 2012

• Outlook Promising for Spring Turkey Hunting [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 29, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Fishing for New Lake Records at Pat Cleburne Lake [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Spring Breaking at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 28, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Tyler Audubon, Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center to Sponsor Bird Walk [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Fanthorp Inn Stagecoach Rolling Again [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Pronghorn Restoration and Research Seminar March 6 at Sul Ross [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Keep Fit at Lake Texana and Other Texas State Parks [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Toledo Bend Toyota ShareLunker Biggest of Season to Date [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 24, 2012

• Trophy Bass Management Symposium March 24 at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 22, 2012

• Fish Hatchery Closure Possible Due to Drought [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 21, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Nuisance Alligator Hunter Permit Application Deadline March 15 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPWD Sets Statewide Public Hearings [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Lake Amistad Gets New Fishing Hotspot  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 17, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Brady Creek Lake Hit with Golden Alga Bloom [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• I’ll Take the Dirt Road  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 15, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Sizzling Lake Austin Turns in Third Toyota ShareLunker of the Season — Latest catch is a recapture of a fish caught in 2010 and returned to the lake  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Government Canyon State Natural Area to Open Mid-Week During Holidays [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 14, 2012

• Lake Tawakoni State Park to Celebrate 10 years — Family Activities, Exhibitors, Re-enactors and Movie Night Scheduled for Park Event [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 9, 2012

• 176th Anniversary of Texas Declaration of Independence Celebration Set [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 8, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Texas State Parks Want You to Take A Hike [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Migratory Bird Report No. 24 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 7, 2012

• Fly Fish Texas: Tie a Fly, Cast a Fly, Catch a Fish [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 3, 2012

• Artificial reef domes placed in Galveston Bay — TPWD and Galveston Bay Foundation collaborative project benefits fish, oysters and more  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 2, 2012

• Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine launches first-ever online fishing publication [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Feb. 1, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Game Warden Field Notes [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Deadline Approaching for Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Nominations [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Migratory Bird Report No. 23 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 30, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Angler Lands Toyota ShareLunker 526 from Lake Austin  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Zebra Mussel Test Results on North Texas Lakes Reported — Boaters urged to continue to Clean, Drain and Dry boats moved between lakes [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPWD Proposes Opening Deer Hunting Near Dallas [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPWD Amends Nuisance Alligator Permit Process [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 26, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Texas State Parks Donations Break $1 Million Mark [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Regulation Proposals Target Spread of Exotic Species [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Use, Management of Devils River Outlined in Collaborative Report [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 25, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• JFK Seagrass Proposal to Emphasize Public Education, Voluntary Protection [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPWD Looking to Sell Part of Palo Duro Canyon’s Fortress Cliff Ranch [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Migratory Bird Report No. 22 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 23, 2012

• Master fly-fisher to teach class at TFFC February 11 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 20, 2012

• Defendant Pleads Guilty in 9-Year-Old Boating Fatality  News Images  [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 19, 2012

• Toyota Texas Bass Classic Scheduled for September 28-30, 2012 — World championship and music festival will return to Lake Conroe and the Lone Star Convention & Expo Center [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 18, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Local Food Movement Finds New Favor With Wild Game — Central Market and Texas Parks and Wildlife to Host February Wild Game Cooking Classes [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• 11th Anniversary of Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program Coming Up [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Migratory Bird Report No. 21 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 11, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Donates $500,000 to Texas State Parks [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Desert Dirt Fest comes to Big Bend Ranch President’s Day weekend [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Migratory Bird Report No. 20 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 9, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Central Texas Zebra Mussel forums scheduled for Jan. 18-19 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Mountain Biking in Texas State Parks Picking Up Steam [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPWD Hunter Education Instructor Training Set in Wichita Falls [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• TPWD Hunter Education Instructor Training Set in Grand Prairie [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 4, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Migratory Bird Report No. 19 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Boater Ed Now Required for Operators Born After Sept. 1, 1993 [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]

Jan. 3, 2012 — Bundled Plain Text

• Feedback sought on proposed invasive species regulations [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Time to Begin Work on Texas State-Fish Art Contest Entries — Contest expands to include grades K—3, essays and invasive species [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Learn to Fly-fish March 10 at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center — Exhibitors and vendors should sign up now [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]
• Native Prairie Seed Harvested from Houston Area Parks for San Jacinto Battleground [Print – Plain Text – Permalink]