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Feb. 9, 2004

Mentoring Program Assists New Hunter Ed Instructors

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas has a national reputation for making access to hunter education convenient and plentiful with more than 4,400 courses offered across the state and at least one in all 254 counties each year.

TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Feb. 9, 2004

The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Stay Tuned, Feb. 9, 2004

Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.

Feb. 2, 2004

Feeding of Wildlife Banned In Texas State Parks

AUSTIN, Texas – Following the lead of other states and America’s national parks, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted Thursday to amend state code to prohibit visitors from feeding wildlife in Texas State Parks.

Civil Restitution Program Going Well

AUSTIN, Texas – Assistant Chief of Fisheries Enforcement, Kris Bishop, briefed the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Jan. 29 about the progress of the department’s civil restitution program, since the legislature in 1999 implemented a law saying licenses can be denied until fines are taken care of.

Stay Tuned, Feb. 2, 2004

Information from Texas Parks and Wildlife is available on radio and television, as well as the newsstand.

Jan. 26, 2004

TPWD Preparing for Third Crab Trap Cleanup

AUSTIN, Texas – Hoping to add to the pile of almost 12,000 lost and abandoned crab traps hauled from Texas bays during the last two years, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials are gearing up for another round of cleanups, this time on Feb. 20-29.

TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Jan. 26, 2004

The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Jan. 20, 2004

TPWD Game Warden Field Notes, Jan. 20, 2004

The following are excerpts from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Jan. 12, 2004

Four Convicted in Trumpeter Swan Shooting Case

LUBBOCK, Texas — When Game Wardens Mark Collins and Jay Oyler drove to 10 Texas cities in eight days and interviewed 51 people, driving a total of 2,802 miles, they didn’t think about the fact that poaching cases like this one are rarely solved.