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April 21, 2022

City Nature Challenge To Count TX Species

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), through the Texas Nature Trackers program, invites Texans to participate in the seventh annual City Nature Challenge, Friday, April 29 through Monday, May 2. This global community-based scientific effort, co-organized by San […]
April 21, 2022

Hunting Alliance To Appeal Wildlife Refuge Hunting

On the heels of U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy’s ruling barring intervenor status to the National Rifle Association, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Safari Club International and Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation in the case of the Center […]
April 20, 2022

A Look At NOAA’s Offshore Buoys

NOAA collects marine observations to help monitor, forecast and research changes in weather, climate, the ocean and the coasts. Measurements are gathered using 1,300 weather observing stations — the world’s largest real-time marine observation network — […]
April 20, 2022

CCA Addresses TPW Commission Action On Oysters

This article is from CCA Coastal Advocacy Director Shane Bonnot in response to a recent Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission action. At the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting on March 24, 2022, the Commission withdrew closure of […]
April 20, 2022

Wild Sheep Triumph and Challenges

Wild sheep are the most regal game animals in North America. And they require special conservation actions to maintain populations as they face greater threats than whitetails, elk and other big game species. In this interview […]
April 19, 2022

Feds Launch Animal Disease Initiative

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today its first-ever Zoonotic Disease Initiative, a grant program focused on wildlife disease prevention and preparedness. Authorized under the American Rescue Plan, the Initiative will provide $9 million in […]
April 13, 2022

Want To Enroll In TX Deer Program?

Enrollment in the Managed Lands Deer Program (MLDP) is now open for the 2022-23 hunting season. Open enrollment for the MLDP Conservation Option runs from April 2 through June 15 this year while the Harvest Option […]
April 13, 2022

Hunt-Fish Podcast Summit Connects & Inspires Outdoors Industry Members

UPDATE: Last week we reported on the Hunt-Fish Podcast Summit. This week we bring you a clip from TF&G Editor-in-Chief’s speech on conservation and youth at the event. Watch this inspirational speech below. ; Conservation, Unity, […]
April 12, 2022

TPWD Closing Oyster Harvest in Matagorda Bay

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-14 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, April 10, 2022. This closing is based on samples recently collected by […]
April 12, 2022

An Interview With The Amazing Gale Force Twins!

Growing up in South Florida, Emily and Amanda Gale, The Gale Force Twins, discovered their love and passion for the water. “At an early age, we started fishing off the docks of Islamorda wanting nothing more […]