News Flash!  Landowners in Texas have the possibility of adding water stewardship as a new land use that could qualify rural land in the 1-D-1 Open-Space property tax valuation.

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has released all remaining portions of Maverick and Dimmit Counties from the temporary preventative quarantine zone, effective May 27. In August, 2007, the TAHC determined that fever ticks were present on multiple premises in those counties and a total of over 600,000 acres were placed under a temporary preventative quarantine. The original quarantine zone also included a portion of Webb County .

The American Deer & Wildlife Alliance (ADWA) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Dr. Deer Inc., the industry’s leading voice for modern deer management. ADWA and Dr. James C. Kroll, known nationally as ‘Dr. Deer,’ will work together to promote the deer industry and increase public awareness for issues relating to deer, hunting and wildlife management.

With Texas in the grips of a drought and wildfires occurring across the state, wildlife experts expect devastating effects on many animals and birds in some counties.

The Texas House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation on April 14 that strengthens private property rights and limits the state's power to take or condemn private property for public use.

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is pleased to announced that Dr. Bill Eikenhorst of Texas and Austin Musselman of Kentucky have been elected to serve on QDMA's National Board of Directors.

Boater Dicky Newberry of Houston, Texas, caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 10 ounces March 12to win $6,000 in the BFL Cowboy Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir.