AUSTIN, Texas — New hunting and fishing licenses for 2005-06 will be available beginning Monday, Aug. 15, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is reminding customers to be aware of some significant changes. All current annual hunting and fishing licenses expire...
Month: January 2002
Fishing in Iraq
This is the real story of what a little support from home means to the troops. I came to Iraq about 15 months ago and things were pretty hot, mortars and rockets were pretty much a nightly thing and you didn’t get much of a break from the war. The Camp I’m working out...
Lowrance Globalmap 5500C
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New USFWS Leader Worked on Texas Issues
UNDATED — A former regional director who has a long history of working on Texas conservation issues has been tapped to become the new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington DC. President Bush said he intends to nominate H. Dale Hall to serve as...
Gulf Of Mexico Shrimp Season Opens July 15
AUSTIN, Texas — The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will open 30 minutes after sunset on Friday, July 15, 2005. This opening date is based on an evaluation of the biological, social and economic information to maximize the...
Goose Island Shoreline Stabilization, Marsh Restoration Begins
ROCKPORT, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Lester Contracting, Inc. have begun construction of an offshore rock breakwater as Phase 1 of a shoreline stabilization and marsh restoration project. The 4,400 foot long breakwater, located approximately 500...
Junior Boater Program Teaches Young Kids Water Safety
AUSTIN, Texas — Though it is only three years old, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department water and boater safety program reaches more than 10,000 children per year. Junior Boater was started for kids younger than age 12 in an effort to reach those who are not old...
Texas Wetlands Project Receives National Award
GALVESTON, Texas — A Texas effort to restore hundreds of acres of ecologically important wetlands in the Delehide Cove area of West Galveston Bay will receive one of two National Wetland Conservation Awards to be bestowed this year at a June 30 ceremony in Washington,...
Recent Legislation Affects Texas Wildlife, Parks
AUSTIN, Texas — New limited-entry management programs for the Texas oyster and Gulf of Mexico shrimp fisheries, changes in game bird stamps hunters are required to buy, creation of an all-terrain vehicle trail program and new or clarified enforcement powers for game...
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