U.S. Geological Survey and partners injected a harmless, bright red fluorescent dye into the Kansas River on April 29. The study is being done by the USGS in cooperation with the Kansas Water Office, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, The […]
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After decades of protection and conservation efforts, Texas’ critically endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken population is at its highest since 1993. Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy in Texas estimate the current population is at least 178 birds.
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AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is proud to reveal the 2021 Lone Star Land Steward Ecoregion Award winners. This year’s group of award winners represent a variety of conservation goals and accomplishments, all of which display excellence
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The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is hosting the first statewide virtual 5K “Spring Spawning Run” to celebrate the fish spawning season and recognize the importance of state fish hatchery efforts to enhance the fisheries resources and fishing opportunities for more
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“Boom!” The calm, tea-colored waters exploded, sending the Yozuri prop lure into the air. And just as it hit the water again, the white topwater disappeared in a cyclone like swirl. Setting the hook wasn’t an issue, as my rod
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White-nose syndrome has killed over 90% of northern long-eared, little brown and tri-colored bat populations in fewer than 10 years, according to a new study published in Conservation Biology. Researchers also noted declines in Indiana bat and big brown bat populations. View
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Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents seized approximately 60 pounds of cocaine and nearly 900 pounds of marijuana. Yesterday, Brownsville Border Patrol Station agents working near Brownsville, Texas, observed a white Ford Ranger driving away from banks of the Rio
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Beginning with this year’s hurricane season outlooks, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) will use 1991-2020 as the new 30-year period of record. The updated averages for the Atlantic hurricane season have increased with 14 named storms and 7 hurricanes. The
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The massive coastal freeze that hit Texas in February killed more than four million fish. Speckled trout, especially mature fish, were killed by the tens of thousands from Upper Laguna Madre to the Mexico line. That area happens to coincide
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The Johnny Morris Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund has awarded a $300,000 grant to the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) to benefit priority local and national conservation projects including the Western Shared Stewardship Initiative, a unique partnership set to
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Elk, despite being perhaps North America’s most coveted big game animal are not a game animal in Texas. In fact, the are treated as exotics with no seasons, bag limits or restrictions on harvest at all. That however does not
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With as many as one-third of America’s fish and wildlife species on the brink of becoming threatened or endangered, a bill introduced April 22 on Earth Day in Congress seeks to reverse this trend, while creating thousands of new jobs
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No animal in North America receives more hype than the feral hog. Whether is an overemphasis on their danger to people or a lack of recognition of their sporting value, hog facts are often buried deep beneath misinformation. I thought
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Habitat restoration is often defined as repairing damage to habitats, usually damage caused by humans. The goal is to bring back natural ecological function to the habitats for the benefit of the species that depend on them. Common examples include
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The water was perfectly calm. Occasionally, a light breeze would stir up a ripple but there was no wave action to speak of and the waters were unusually clear. As we pulled up to a weedline that had built up
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In part 1 of this two-part series we discussed how we at the Double Draw Ranch got started in improving habitat. Now let’s talk about getting some help. Help We then found out there was help out there for clearing
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I heard once if you want to shoot big deer, don’t shoot little deer. Well, that’s a good start. But if you want a lot of big deer and other animals, you have to provide habitat. So how did the
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Nearly four million finfish were killed during the 2021 Texas Winter Storm. Non-recreational species constituted 91 percent of the total mortality in numbers, and spotted seatrout dominated the remaining 9 percent of game species that were impacted by this historic
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For the first time in recent history, two pairs of endangered whooping cranes have been found nesting in Texas. The whooping cranes, part of a non-migratory population originally introduced in Louisiana, are currently found on private land in Jefferson and
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The Billfish Foundation maintains the largest private tag and release database in the world, with 260,000 records by 150,000 anglers. In 2020 alone, TBF anglers and captains tagged, released, or recaptured 7,000 billfish and tuna across the world. Of these
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