Texas Fish & Game

The National News of Texas

June 29, 2021

Feds Publish Birds Of Conservation Concern List

In continuing proactive efforts to protect migratory birds, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released its Birds of Conservation Concern 2021 report. The publication identifies 269 species of birds that represent high conservation priorities for the Service […]
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June 23, 2021

A Look At Rocky Mountain Arsenal

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that Denver’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge will be awarded $1 million in additional annual funding to expand their Urban Wildlife Conservation Program. With this funding, the […]
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June 9, 2021

Federal Waterfowl Survey Cancelled

For the second straight year, safety concerns over Covid-19 have forced cancellation of the annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey. The spring survey, which has been conducted every year from 1955 to 2019, is used […]
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June 2, 2021

“Ground Rattlers And Other TX Snake Stories

You either love them or hate them. Snakes are by far the most polarizing creature in Texas wild lands with a majority on the hate side, and a few of us loving them. The fact is, […]
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May 13, 2021

Boone & Crockett Calls For Forest Restoration

The Boone and Crockett Club has released a new factsheet outlining the need for $45 billion in federal infrastructure investments in forest management and restoration on federal lands over the next decade. The document notes that the U.S. Forest […]
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April 29, 2021

Disease Kills 90 Percent Of Certain Bats

White-nose syndrome has killed over 90% of northern long-eared, little brown and tri-colored bat populations in fewer than 10 years, according to a new study published in Conservation Biology. Researchers also noted declines in Indiana bat and big […]
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April 28, 2021

When Wild Elk Lived In East Texas & Hill Countrry

Elk, despite being perhaps North America’s most coveted big game animal are not  a game animal in Texas. In fact, the are treated as exotics with no seasons, bag limits or restrictions on harvest at all. […]
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April 27, 2021

Bill Would Recover America’s Wildlife

With as many as one-third of America’s fish and wildlife species on the brink of becoming threatened or endangered, a bill introduced April 22 on Earth Day in Congress seeks to reverse this trend, while creating […]
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April 27, 2021

Pineywoods Rooters & Russian Boars

No animal in North America receives more hype than the feral hog. Whether is an overemphasis on their danger to people or a lack of recognition of their sporting value, hog facts are often buried deep […]
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April 22, 2021

Whooping Cranes Nesting In TX

For the first time in recent history, two pairs of endangered whooping cranes have been found nesting in Texas. The whooping cranes, part of a non-migratory population originally introduced in Louisiana, are currently found on private […]
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