Several TWA members were honored for their excellence in wildlife habitat management and land stewardship at the TPWD Lone Star Land Steward Awards on May 27 in Austin.

This year WildLife 2009 has moved online. Online registration is now available for all attendees. Also, new auction items may be previewed. For a sneak peak at WildLife's new and exciting grand auctions items, not-so-silent and silent auction items,

Celebrated outdoors journalist and author Richard Louv will reflect on his international movement concerning the future relationship between children, nature and the importance of the outdoors, during his special presentation on Friday, June 26, at the Texas Wildlife Association Foundation (TWAF) Luncheon, held in conjunction with WildLife 2009 in San Antonio.

Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus returns to his hometown of San Antonio to deliver the keynote address to TWA members at WildLife 2009 and reflect on his first legislative session as presiding officer of the House.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced that it is now accepting applications for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), a voluntary conservation program that helps farmers and ranchers keep their land in agriculture.

The accomplishments of quail stewardship, quail habitat restoration, and lifetime achievement in quail management in Texas were honored Thursday by over 450 attendees at the Texas Wildlife Association Foundation Quail Conservation Awards and Gala in Houston.

Texas Wildlife recently placed first in the outdoor publication under 25,000 in circulation awards category sponsored by the Texas Outdoor Writers Association (TOWA).

Mr. Joe Coleman of Houston and Mr. A.V. Jones, Jr., of Albany have been named winners of the TWAF Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award in Quail Management for their outstanding leadership in quail conservation and stewardship.

Immediately following the Boots on the Ground visits at the Capitol, TWA, in association with other member groups of Texas Outdoor Partners (TOP), hosted 27 legislators and nearly the same number of legislative staff of the Texas Legislative Sportsman's Caucus for a relaxing quail hunt at the Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Game Ranch in Creedmoor.