News Releases
2006 Releases
(Reverse Chronological Order — 118 Releases)
June 12, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Goliad State Park Celebrates Major Restoration — Plain Text
GOLIAD, Texas — On June 16, Goliad State Park and Mission Espíritu Santo State Historic Site will celebrate the completion of more than two years of painstaking work to make much-needed repairs to the 1700s Spanish mission grounds and buildings. - June 30 Is Deadline for Parks Pass/Magazine Offer — Plain Text
AUSTIN, Texas — Tens of thousands of Texans have purchased a Texas State Parks Pass, indicating there’s no more economical way to line up a summer of fun. The onset of summer thus makes the timing right for a promotion that ends this month. Anyone who buys a parks pass by June 30 will also receive a free, 12-month subscription to Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine. - ICF Nature Photography Awards To Be Announced June 17 — Plain Text
FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — The winners in what has been called world’s first all-professional nature photography tournament will be announced at a public celebration Saturday, June 17 here at the Hangar Hotel.
June 5, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Perry Bass Leaves Texas Conservation Legacy — Plain Text
FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission member, chairman, chairman emeritus and lifelong conservationist Perry Richardson Bass died June 1 at his home here at the age of 91, leaving a legacy that will long benefit all those who love fishing, hunting, state parks and the outdoor life. - Children Can Ride Texas State Railroad This Summer for Free — Plain Text
RUSK, Texas — For the third year in a row, the Texas State Railroad State Park will offer children 12 and under a free train ride through the East Texas Piney Woods from June 1 through Sept. 30. The railroad offers the experience of riding behind an antique steam or diesel engine. - Instream Flow Workshops Set for San Antonio, Dallas — Plain Text
AUSTIN, Texas — Three state agencies are seeking public input in connection with workshops on June 15 in San Antonio and July 12 in Dallas to help finalize the Texas Instream Flow Program Technical Overview, a document to guide research concerning how much water should be flowing in Texas rivers to support a sound ecological environment. - Operation Game Thief Adds Technology to the Battle Against Wildlife Crime — Plain Text
AUSTIN, Texas — Typical Crimestoppers programs assist law enforcement officers only by offering rewards to the public for information leading to the arrest and conviction of targeted law breakers. But with broadened authority from the Texas Legislature last year, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s privately funded Operation Game Thief (OGT) program is now going a step further. - LWF Commission Modifies Recreational Spotted Seatrout Regulations in Southwest Louisiana — Plain Text
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission ratified a rule modifying recreational harvest regulations for spotted seatrout in a designated area of southwestern Louisiana at its June 1, 2006 meeting. Effective June 20, 2006, the creel limit in the designated area is reduced from 25 fish to 15 fish per person. The area affected by the rule is the same area that has a limit of no more than two fish exceeding twenty-five inches total length as part of the daily bag and possession limit.
May 30, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Hunter’s Choice Bag Tops List of Migratory Bird Proposals — Plain Text
AUSTIN, Texas — Pending U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision in July, Texas duck hunters could get a “partial-mulligan” on their duck straps during the next three seasons. - TPWD Increases Pheasant Bag Limit — Plain Text
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved increasing the daily bag limit for ring-necked pheasant in Texas Panhandle counties from two cocks to three. - TPW Commission Approves Public Hunting in 42 State Parks — Plain Text
AUSTIN, Texas — One-third of Texas state parks will allow public hunts for the 2006-07 hunting season, as approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its May 24-25 public meeting. - NASBLA Issues Advisory for Used Boat Buyers — Plain Text
AUSTIN, Texas — Hurricanes Katrina and Rita may continue to cause devastation well into the 2006 boating season, warns the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA).
May 26, 2006
May 22, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- ‘Life’s Better Outside’ for Texas Young People, Families — Plain Text
- Public Meetings Slated for Spotted Seatrout Management in South Texas — Plain Text
- Boating Season Kicks-Off With Good News, Bad News — Plain Text
May 15, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Family Fishing Celebration Hits High Gear This Summer — Plain Text
- Public Invited To Participate in Reefing Program — Plain Text
- Youth Events Highlight Free Fishing Day June 3 — Plain Text
- State Parks Advisory Committee to Discuss Park Needs, Costs — Plain Text
- Texas B.A.S.S. Federation Teams With TPWD To Promote Youth Fishing — Plain Text
May 10, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Outstanding Budweiser Sharelunker Season Closes — Plain Text
- Gulf Shrimp Season To Close May 15 — Plain Text
May 8, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- 2006 Lone Star Land Steward Winners Announced — Plain Text
- Assessment Raises Concerns About Lower Laguna Specks — Plain Text
- Village Creek State Park Reopens Campsites After Hurricane — Plain Text
- Reliant Team Reclaims Birding Classic Weeklong Win — Plain Text
- Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles Return to Texas Coast — Plain Text
- First Operation World Record Results Encouraging — Plain Text
- Project Wild Trains Texas Teachers in Wildlife Science — Plain Text
- Managing Land for Wildlife Workshop May 20 in Houston — Plain Text
- Drawdown Set To Combat Exotic Aquatics at Steinhagen — Plain Text
May 1, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Texas Groups Join Teaming With Wildlife Coalition — Plain Text
- Spring Alligator Activity Prompts Public Safety Tips — Plain Text
April 26, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Boaters Urged To ‘Lift, Drift, Pole or Troll’ as New Seagrass Reg Takes Effect — Plain Text
- Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame To Welcome Two New Members — Plain Text
April 24, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Urban Areas To Be Fishing Hotspots This Spring and Summer — Plain Text
- Fish and Commercial Netters Ignore U.S.-Mexico Border — Fisheries Management Difficult on International Reservoirs — Plain Text
- Texas State Parks Damaged by Rita Making a Comeback — Plain Text
- Amistad Strikes Gold with Budweiser ShareLunker 400 — Lake will be stocked with fingerlings with thoroughbred genes. — Plain Text
- Cross Plains Kids Endure Wildfires, Rally to Win Horned Lizard Essay Contest — Plain Text
- Landowners Reminded Licenses Needed to Operate Hunting Leases — Plain Text
- Experts to Offer Advice on Urban Deer Overpopulation — Plain Text
- Participation in State-Fish Art Contest Skyrockets with TFFC Sponsorship — Plain Text
April 17, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- TPWD Releases First Flounder Fingerlings — Plain Text
- Wildscapes Workshop Offered for San Antonio Homeowners — Plain Text
- Texas Rivers Center Progress Hailed in San Marcos — Plain Text
- April 15 Brings Outdoor Grants for 8 Texas Groups — Plain Text
April 10, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- TPWD Adds 40 Counties to Special Buck Harvest Rules — Plain Text
- Once-Maligned Carp Coming On as Coveted Catch — Plain Text
- Coastal Forecast Offers Few Excuses for Not Catching Fish — Plain Text
- Prop 8 Funds Set for Rita Repairs, State Park & WMA Projects — Plain Text
- Bragg Named NWTF Wildlife Officer of the Year — Plain Text
April 6, 2006
April 3, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- New Edition of Texas State Park Guide Available — Plain Text
- State Parks Advisory Board To Seek Funding Options — Plain Text
- Woodlands Angler Sets New Black Drum Records on Fly — Plain Text
- Drought Affects Backyard Wildlife — Plain Text
- Coastal Expos Bring Beach to Cities — Plain Text
- TPWD Game Warden Field Notes — Plain Text
March 29, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- First Inland Paddling Trail Opens in Luling — Plain Text
- Texas State Railroad To Resume Runs From Palestine — Plain Text
March 22, 2006
March 17, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Dry Conditions Could Affect Spring Turkey Hunting — Plain Text
- Great Texas Birding Classic Marks 10 Years of Conservation — Plain Text
- Original Artwork in Online Auction To Benefit Bird Habitat — Plain Text
- Groups Team To Stock 300,000 Striped Bass in Lake Buchanan — Plain Text
- Leave That Wild Animal Alone, Experts Advise — Plain Text
- Scientists Offer Tips for Dealing With Bats — Plain Text
March 9, 2006
March 6, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- State and Federal Investigation Results in Convictions of Six Delaware Men — Plain Text
- Digital Photo Workshop Slated at Big Bend Ranch State Park — Plain Text
- San Antonio Workshop Offers Tips for Landowners — Plain Text
March 1, 2006
- Budweiser Sharelunker No. 400 Comes From Lake Amistad — Kansas Angler Lands 13.1-pound Bass Worth $5,240 — Plain Text
Feb. 22, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Weekly Migratory Bird Hunting Report — Plain Text
- Game Wardens Step Up Efforts To Clean Up Falcon Lake — “Operation Pescador” Targets Illegal Commercial Fishing, Other Violations — Plain Text
Feb. 20, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Input Sought on Land Transfers Near Brownwood, Weslaco — Plain Text
- Applications Being Taken for Game Warden Academy — Plain Text
- New Marker Recalls 1889 Railroad Near State Park Trailway — Plain Text
Feb. 15, 2006
Feb. 13, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Historical Documents To Highlight Texas Independence Celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos — Plain Text
- Game Warden Undercover Investigation Cites Fish Buyers — Plain Text
- 2005 Hunting Fatalities Match Historic Lows — Plain Text
- White Bass, Smallmouth Kick-off New Record Category — Plain Text
- Lunker Anglers Just Four Fish Away From Big Prize — Plain Text
- Workshop Offers Tips for Houston-area Landowners — Plain Text
- Women of the Land Workshop Offered March 10-12 — Plain Text
Feb. 10, 2006
Feb. 8, 2006
Feb. 6, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center To Host Fly Fish Texas March 4 — Plain Text
- Spanish Artifacts Unearthed at Mission Tejas State Park — Plain Text
- Nature Photography Symposium, Launch Party March 18 — Plain Text
- TPWD Game Warden Field Notes — Plain Text
Feb. 1, 2006
Jan. 30, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- TPWD Unveils Proposed Hunting, Fishing Rule Changes — Plain Text
- Hunter Education Course Fee Increase Approved — Plain Text
- New Off-Highway Vehicle Decal To Fund Trail Grants — Plain Text
- Crockett County Motorized Trail Grant Approved — Plain Text
- TPW Commission Awards $2.74 Million in Recreation Grants — Plain Text
- TPW Commission Approves $1.5 Million for Boating Access — Plain Text
- Volunteers Sought for Crab Trap Clean-Up Feb. 17-26 — Plain Text
- Flat Out Fishing Lake Jackson Goes to the Beach and Beyond — Plain Text
- Grayson County Game Warden Named ‘Officer of Year’ — Plain Text
- Bass Anglers Invited To Meet With Fisheries Biologists — Plain Text
Jan. 25, 2006
Jan. 23, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Frio River Bank Work Begins To Save Garner’s Dance Floor — Plain Text
- Science Provides Foundation for Saltwater Fishing Regs — Plain Text
- Brush Control Funding Offered to Landowners — Natural Resources Conservation Service News Release — Plain Text
- Gulf Council Seeks Input on Reef Fish, Shrimp Proposals — Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council News Release — Plain Text
Jan. 18, 2006
Jan. 16, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Federal Grant to Restore Galveston Bay Rookery Island — Plain Text
- Historic Landmark Inn Offers February Valentine’s Special — Plain Text
Jan. 11, 2006
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Jan. 4, 2006 — Bundled Plain Text
- Weekly Migratory Bird Hunting Report — Plain Text
- Lonestar Aquafarms Donates Red Drum for Stocking in Lakes Braunig, Calaveras and Fairfield — Plain Text
Jan. 3, 2006
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