AUSTIN — Despite the rarity of mountain lion sightings near urban areas, a recent mountain lion sighting on private property in Rowlett has been verified by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists. Biologists suspect that this mountain lion is […]
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will have four short films featured in this year’s virtual Wild Texas Film Tour. The films spotlight experimental paddlefish stocking in Caddo Lake, Black Skimmers along the Texas Coast, research surrounding the Swift Fox in the
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The USDA Forest Service today announced it will expand its Every Kid Outdoors program to offer fourth- and fifth-grade students and family members fee-free access to more than 2,000 sites on national forests and grasslands for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school
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The extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is drawing to a close with a record-breaking 30 named storms and 12 landfalling storms in the continental United States. While the official hurricane season concludes on November 30, tropical storms may continue
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Wildlife must move to thrive and survive, however the habitat connectivity they rely on for spring and fall seasonal migrations continues to be fragmented by housing, roads, fences, energy facilities and other human-made barriers. An article focused on migration routes of pronghorn,
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Two Trinity County game wardens received a call from the local sheriff’s office about a hunter who had just shot a buck in a yard from a vehicle. The landowner thought a rifle was used and was able to write
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In a troubling trend, United States Border Patrol agents from the Laredo Sector continue to make a large number of significant arrests in the Laredo area within 24 hours of each other. The first incident occurred on the morning of
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (www.gulfcouncil.org) has issued a Request for Proposals for the development of a Fishery Ecosystem Plan. GMFMC is seeking a qualified contractor to design and execute the development of a full Fishery Ecosystem Plan
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Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services (WS) program recently applied for a patent (U.S. Patent Application No. 16/668,253) for a new vehicle-based lighting system to prevent deer-vehicle collisions during low-light conditions. Through a series of experiments
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Lost and Found Two Angelina County game wardens responded to a call about a lost hunter in Angelina National Forest. Upon arrival at the scene, the wardens found out the man had been missing for several hours and was a
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For the first time, an invasive brown treesnake population has been found on Cocos Island, an 83.1 acre atoll located 1.5 miles off the southwest coast of Guam. The brown treesnake was a major contributor to the loss of nine
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ARS are becoming increasingly popular for hog hunting. Buy AR-15 Rifles Here. Coming in numerous shooting platforms with the ability for high capacity magazines and easy riggings for night vision and thermal scopes, ARS make a great and fun choice
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced it will continue field evaluation of the oral rabies vaccine (ORV) bait ONRAB in five states. This year’s field evaluation is part of a multi-year study
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A few years an interesting theory came to life along the coast. “The trout are declining because the reds are eating all their food.” “The reds are eating everything in their path-including baby flounder.” This is reminiscent of the late
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NOAA’s Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) is undergoing significant upgrades to expand its capabilities and improve weather forecasting. Meteorologists at the National Weather Service use GEFS to produce medium-range weather forecasts and to issue watches and warnings during high-impact weather
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a request from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer) to extend deregulation to a corn variety developed using genetic engineering. Seed Production Technology
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Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital is currently caring for six juvenile, cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. On Saturday, Nov. 21, Mote staff traveled to the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport to pick up some unusual passengers—several Kemp’s
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Benjamin Franklin was quite fond of turkeys. How do we know? Well, in one well-publicized case, the founding father was so disappointed that the bald eagle was chosen the country’s national bird that he wrote a letter in 1784 to his daughter, Sarah Bache, disparaging the choice. In Benjamin
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Maine’s newly announced plan to build the nation’s first floating offshore wind turbine research array underscores the state’s climate leadership and the growing momentum for this critical clean energy solution at a time when wildlife and coastal communities are increasingly vulnerable to
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In late October, Dr. Addiel Perez, BTT’s Belize-Mexico Program Manager, visited a bonefish pre-spawning site in northern Belize for the fifth season in a row. In previous work, Dr. Perez showed that bonefish at this pre-spawning site migrate from throughout protected and
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