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November 17, 2022

Saving America’s Micro Deer

The Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is the smallest whitetail subspecies topping out at 60 pounds and living exclusively in their namesake islands on the Florida coast. Seeing a herd of Key deer on my honeymoon in […]
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November 16, 2022

Saving The World’s Weirdest And Wildest Mammal

One of the world’s rarest animals—the saola, a type of wild cattle likely down to a few individuals—is getting a critical emergency boost from the European Union, Re:wild and WWF-Viet Nam to prevent its extinction. According to a […]
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November 16, 2022

Giving Water To Bighorns & People

The San Francisco Mountains south of the Arizona border in Sonora, MX, barely receive 3” of annual precipitation according to officials with The Wild Sheep Foundation. WSF Photo WSF, along with $10,000 from the Dallas Safari Club […]
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November 16, 2022

Game Wardens Honored In Austin

Harris County Game Wardens, K-9 and Critical Incident Teams recognized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Commission during Thursday’s meeting for contributions across the state Houston Game Wardens Receive Top Law Enforcement Award Texas Parks […]
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November 15, 2022

Experts Say Drought Conditions Will Continue

This year La Niña returns for the third consecutive winter, driving warmer-than-average temperatures for the Southwest and along the Gulf Coast and eastern seaboard, according to NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook released today by the Climate Prediction Center […]
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November 15, 2022

Big Time Texas Hunt Winners Announced

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts.  The winners were selected in a random drawing from 154,551 entries and the 14 lucky individuals have […]
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November 14, 2022

What Are Those White Sheep In The Hill Country?

Emails coming into Texas Fish & Game to identify wildlife or answer various questions related to distribution of certain species are commonplace. We welcome them and appreciate the opportunity to dialogue with our audience. We recently […]
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November 10, 2022

TPWD Makes Major Move On Oyster Harvest

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPW) approved two oyster regulation changes at its Nov. 3 meeting. These new regulations prohibit oyster harvest in Carlos Bay, Mesquite Bay and Ayres Bay (Mesquite Bay complex) and temporarily […]
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November 10, 2022

Whooping Cranes Arriving in Texas

With the first sightings of iconic, endangered whooping cranes along the Texas coast being reported, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is reminding Texans to be on the lookout for these impressive birds as they […]
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November 10, 2022

As TPWD Announces Closures, Major Commercial Oyster Harvest Hits East Matagorda Bay

While conservationists recently celebrated news that three threatened bay systems would be closed to oyster harvest, concerns remained that other areas would inevitably bear the brunt of intense commercial harvest. Unfortunately, those concerns have become reality […]
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