Cordell Jeter spent his childhood building tree forts and running through the woods catching frogs with his friends. But he thought that part of his life was over when a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down at […]
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A major initiative was undertaken in November 2019 to boost rhino populations in Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve, with 17 rhinos translocated from South Africa to Liwonde through a partnership between Malawi’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), Ezemvelo KZN
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet on January 25-28, 2021 by webinar. The Council will begin by reviewing the 2020 budget and expenditures and the 2021 budget and activities. The Council will hear presentations on Deepwater Horizon
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Do you enjoy reading books that will change your life, if you let them? Do you like the idea of being a part of a community of like-minded, open-hearted people? Will you take this journey seriously, and have some fun
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U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 (I-35) checkpoint stopped a human smuggling attempt involving a refrigerated commercial trailer north of Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred during the early morning hours of January 6, when a commercial
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With women accounting for 10% of the United States’ military, veteran organizations are finding creative ways to be more inclusive of women vets. One such organization is Operation Outdoor Freedom (OOF), thanks to a $26,700 grant from the nonprofit Fish
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has designated Lake Buchanan, located west of Burnet and north of Inks Lake in the Colorado River Basin, as “infested” with invasive zebra mussels. Infested status signifies that there is an established, reproducing
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Aransas County game warden Justin Solis was named the 2020 Texas Wildlife Officer of the Year by the Shikar-Safari Club International. This marks the 41st year this award has been presented to a Texas Game Warden. Solis was a graduate
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Three game wardens from Johnson, Ellis, and Harris Counties and a State Park Police Officer concluded a three-month investigation into an alligator poaching case. In mid-September, game wardens received a tip about an individual living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
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This year, tens of thousands of fires burned more than 8.75 million acres across the West, which is about 2 million more acres than the 10-year average. Sadly, more than 80% of these wildfires were human-caused. Colorado was hit particularly
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An Upshur County game warden received an anonymous tip about a substantial amount of crappie that had been cleaned and dumped at Lake O’ the Pines near Ore City. The warden and his partner responded and inspected the property where
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(Washington D.C.)—A sweeping legislative package to keep the government running and invest in COVID relief has become law. Tucked throughout the bill are numerous conservation provisions that invest in climate solutions, sustainably manage water resources, restore habitat, combat chronic wasting
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Grasslands are managed worldwide to support livestock production, while remaining natural or semi-natural ones provide critical services that contribute to the wellbeing of both people and the planet. Human activities are however causing grasslands to become a source of greenhouse
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Thanks to funding provided by state lawmakers during the last legislative session, 500 Texas Game Wardens and Texas State Park Police Officers across Texas have been trained and equipped with emergency first aid and oxygen kits to help them respond
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The USDA Forest Service seeks public input on two proposed directives that would address safety and reliability for powerline operations on national forests and grasslands in relation to timber harvest. The proposed directives would implement provisions in the 2018 Farm
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The staff of Texas Fish & Game would like to wish you a very merry Christmas! Christmas is a special time of year and we hope you are spending it with loved ones and maybe even getting to enjoy some time
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The USDA Forest Service has announced the publication of a final rule implementing key changes to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. The changes include new tools and flexibilities to tackle critical land management challenges as part of a
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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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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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