Two orders are in effect as of Sunday afternoon, March 29, 2020, at 2:45 p.m. closing all public beaches in Galveston and restricting vehicle traffic on the beach west of the end of the Seawall. By state law, this order
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As NRA is actively fighting gun store closures across the country, President Trump’s newly-updated DHS guidance echoes what the NRA is arguing in court: that firearms and ammunition retailers are “critical infrastructure.” On March 28, DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency(“CISA”)
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At the time of this writing (3/27/20) news was coming in from all around the nation of various outdoor access being closed throughout the United States. Here are the ones we have confirmed. Listen to Chester Moore’s podcast about the
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Join TFG Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore for a special edition of his “Higher Calling” podcast as he interviews Corey Mason with the Dallas Safari Club about the immense impact of COVID-19 on wildlife, hunting and the outdoors industry in general. This
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AUSTIN— After careful evaluation of the ongoing public health situation, Texas State Parks will be limiting park programming and closing public access to park headquarters, visitor centers and park stores starting at 12 p.m. Thursday, March 19. “Our main priority
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The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) welcomes Katharine MacGregor as the new Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior. “On behalf of the millions of NRA members across the country, I want to congratulate Katharine MacGregor
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has added O.H. Ivie Lake near San Angelo to the statewide list of lakes designated as positive for invasive zebra mussels after multiple specimens were found in the lake in 2019. In March 2019, four
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NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement and agency partners are offering a reward of up to $54,000 for information on the recent deaths of two dolphins in Florida. Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission discovered a dead dolphin
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After careful consideration, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has directed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to temporarily suspend the collection of all entrance fees at national wildlife refuges until further notice. Almost 500 refuges are already open
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A New Jersey man was sentenced in federal court to conspiring with others to purchase, transport and sell more than 1,000 box turtles unlawfully collected in Oklahoma, U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said. A Mannford, Oklahoma hotel housekeeper entered a room,
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In This Issue: Gobbler Quest: Seeking Easterns and Osceolas • So… You Want to Catch a Monster Black Drum • Spring Forward for Crappie • Pursuing the State Bass of Texas • Varmint Hunting for Fun and Wildlife Management… and
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Godspeed, Steve LaMascus OUR LATE, GREAT, editor Don Zaidle gave him a choice: “Steve, what do you want to write about—hunting, or about guns?” That was pretty much the entire job interview, back in late 2003, shortly before
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Human Dangers In The Woods—Blog Response MY WIFE, myself and our two young boys were rough camping in an isolated spot on Caney Creek (there are a number of Caney Creeks in Texas), in the Sam Houston National Forest Northeast
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Meeting Ted Bundy in the Woods TED BUNDY—it’s a name that invokes horror some 40 years after his despicable reign of terror. And that was the name carved into a tree deep in a national forest in Utah where Josh
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Stop the Petition EARLIER THIS YEAR, I came across an online petition by a Texas sportsman who believes this state should allow gigging and bowfishing for redfish. No thanks. I believe the man means well, but I don’t believe he thought
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Locating the Sweet Spots for Those Spring Papermouths THERE AREN’T MANY hard and fast rules in crappie fishing, but here’s a meaningful verse that papermouth junkies can bet the farm on—crappie are only where you find them. Also, just because you
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