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October 4, 2023

Texas Fish Art Contest Seeking Entries

The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) is excited to announce the 2024 Texas division of Wildlife Forever’s Fish Art Contest is open for submissions. The Fish Art Contest, which is accepting entries until Feb. 28, is […]
October 4, 2023

Rewards Doubled For Alligator Snapper Poaching Tips

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is offering rewards of up to $1,000 for Texans who report poaching of alligator snapping turtles through Texas’ wildlife crime-stoppers program, Operation Game Thief (OGT).  Thanks to additional funds from the […]
October 4, 2023

Latest US Drought Monitor Report For TX, South

From the US Drought Monitor… Bands of heavy rain fell across eastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas, and the ArkLaTex, with amounts over 5 inches recorded. Amounts of half an inch to 2 inches extended outward from this […]
October 4, 2023

New Development In Poisoning Hogs

Did you know government wildlife officials have been testing a new toxicant delivery system for hogs in Texas? TF&G Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore interviews an official from Texas Agrilife and asks all the pertinent questions on a […]
October 3, 2023

Course Offers Hands-On Hunting Opportunities

Fall hunting kicked off this month with the start of dove season, but it’s never too late to learn the skill and value hunting brings to Texas wildlife through upcoming hunter education classes. The Texas Parks […]
October 3, 2023

Federal Fisheries Data Program Overestimates Harvest

Today, the nation’s leading recreational fishing and marine conservation organizations released a white paper on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) findings that its Marine Recreational Information Program – Fishing Effort Survey (MRIP-FES) may be […]
October 3, 2023

TPWD Creates New CWD Surveillance Zone

In response to a positive detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer breeding facility, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has adopted an emergency rule implementing a new surveillance zone in Kimble County. Surveillance zones […]
October 3, 2023

Funding Benefits Elk, Mule Deer, Blacktail Deer

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation announced the allocation of $2,356,017 in grant funding, co-contributed by its partners, to benefit elk, blacktail and mule deer, and other wildlife while increasing hunting opportunity in Oregon. “These funds go […]
October 3, 2023

Red Tide Verified At Multiple Locations On TX Coast

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is working with other agencies to monitor a red tide event along the upper Texas coast and the Lower Laguna Madre. The presence of red tide on the upper coast was […]
October 3, 2023

State Seeking Input On Trout Management

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is seeking public input on spotted seatrout harvest regulations, including bag and size limits along the entirety of the Texas coast. Following the February 2021 freeze event, which impacted […]