Fire is a defining feature of the American landscape, responsible for creating, reshaping and regenerating our natural environment in nearly every corner of the Nation. But fire can also be a threat to life, property and wildlife, requiring careful monitoring, […]
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Delta Waterfowl’s Working Wetlands — an innovative, incentive-based wetland conservation program with the potential to support the breeding efforts of 1.8 million ducks — opens enrollment this week as the Prairie Pothole Water Quality and Wildlife Program in North Dakota,
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This photo has been floating around Texas for years.I first saw it in Sweetwater at an event 21 years ago and later ran into it at a restaurant in Freer.It shows an unidentified man with a very large rattlesnake and
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wildlife inspectors have prevented the illegal and potentially harmful import into the United States of approximately 15,000 live Chinese mitten crabs as part of the law enforcement operation codenamed Hidden Mitten. Chinese mitten crabs are one
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Toyota ShareLunker Program is having another outstanding year in its goal to create, bigger, better bass in Texas. After obtaining two successful spawns from one of the four 13 pound or larger Legacy Class
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The interior of the Big Bend Ranch State Park Complex will be closed for the safety of park visitors during wildlife surveys Aug. 9 – 16. During the surveys, staff will be counting desert bighorn sheep by helicopter and performing the
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s Standing, Reef Fish, Ecosystem, and Socioeconomic Scientific and Statistical Committees will meet via webinar. The meeting will be held from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, EDT on Tuesday, August 11, 2020; and from
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Beginning Aug. 1, properly licensed Louisiana and non-resident hunters may take outlaw quadrupeds (feral hogs, coyotes and armadillos), nutria and beaver at night on private property the entire year with the landowner’s permission. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into
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With the snap of twigs and the crashing of brush, I broke loose from the tree line and made my way onto the Forest Service road. Like many locals, I had spent the afternoon with a fishing pole in hand,
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The all new Ultimate Bird Vest from Dove Gear re-defines what a Texas dove hunting vest should be. Designed for warm weather action, the Ultimate Bird Vest features unique six-way adjustability to fit shooters of any size. The vest is
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Want to hear some scary hog attack stories? Look no further because for Halloween this year we dug up some of the spookiest on record. In 1998 Robert Burns of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service wrote of two verified attacks
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The new 2020-2021 federal duck stamp is on sale. The stamps, which cost $25, are valid through June 30, 2021. Purchased by millions of waterfowl hunters, wildlife enthusiasts and stamp collectors every year,stamps purchases provide critical funding to purchase and
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A Big Bend Ranch State Park Police Officer and a Presidio County game warden were patrolling River Road at night through Big Bend Ranch State Park when the officers noticed a car parked in the Closed Canyon Trail parking lot
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Texas is unlike any other state. Only Alaska is larger but no state has more biodiversity and incredible outdoor opportunities. Here are some facts and figures that should make you happy to live here or want to get here as
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All non-longline swordfish fisheries are required to use handgear – handline, harpoon, commercial rod and reel, green-stick and bandit gear. Handgear takes far less bycatch than does pelagic longline gear, much of the time it takes none making the fisheries
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On July 21st, Jacob Goodwin officially became the fifth Texas angler to win a Ford F-150, 23’ Haynie boat, Coastline trailer and Mercury motor by catching a tagged redfish. If it wasn’t for Jacob’s good friend convincing him to go
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With more Texans heading to the water during quarantine to recreate and physical distance naturally, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has seen an uptick in fishing license purchases compared to this time last year. Recognizing this, TPWD has expanded
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3 friends on fishing trip killed in ‘massacre’. That headline from last weekend shook me to the core as I just broadcast a radio program about the dangers of encountering bad people on fishing and hunting expeditions. And I have
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Modern technology allows law enforcement new ways to target offenders and in a recent case, it had to do with tattoo identification. Two Liberty County game wardens completed an investigation that began in mid-February of this year when they were
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The Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) applauds The U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of this historic outdoors legislation to promote conservation and increased public land and water access for opportunities for sportsmen and women. The Great American Outdoors Act will
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