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Search Results:Great Texas Birding Classic Marks 10 Years of ConservationSummary: LAKE JACKSON, Texas — The world’s longest bird watching competition turns 10 years old this April. In the past decade, the Great Texas Birding Classic has raised close to a half million dollars to conserve wildlife habitat on the Texas coast, protecting critical stopover spots for songbirds that migrate between the Americas.
TPW Commission Approves Public Hunting in 42 State ParksSummary: AUSTIN, Texas — One-third of Texas state parks will allow public hunts for the 2006-07 hunting season, as approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its May 24-25 public meeting.
Most of the state parks approved for public hunting will be offered through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s computer drawings for a variety of game and hunting options, including new youth opportunities. New categories include youth-only deer management and youth-only exotic hunts.
Hunter's Choice Bag Tops List of Migratory Bird ProposalsSummary: AUSTIN, Texas — Pending U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision in July, Texas duck hunters could get a “partial-mulligan” on their duck straps during the next three seasons.
A Central Flyway experimental bag configuration would create the “Hunter’s Choice” that would help eliminate the confusing season-within-a-season framework for less abundant bird species such as pintail and canvasbacks. If implemented by the Service the bag limit drops from 6 to 5 birds overall.
Game Wardens Arrest Poachers With 800 Red SnapperSummary: AUSTIN, Texas — Acting on an Operation Game Thief (OGT) hotline tip, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens apprehended seven individuals on June 8 with more than 2,000 pounds of illegally caught snapper. The case, one of the largest seizures in Texas in recent years, resulted in citations for 26 game law violations and could result in fines and restitution of upwards of $20,000.
Record Sea Turtle Release Marks Kemp's Ridley ComebackSummary: TEPEHUAJES, Mexico — Mexican and U.S. scientists on June 28 marked the recovery of the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle here with the largest single-day turtle release since the binational recovery project began decades ago, helping close to 240,000 four-inch hatchlings wriggle across the sand and into the Gulf of Mexico.
Lake Houston State Park Transfers to City of HoustonSummary: NEW CANEY, Texas — Lake Houston State Park has become the latest Texas Parks and Wildlife Department property to be transferred out of the state park system. It is the 10th such state property to be transferred in the last six years.
The transition from state park to a Houston city park, and name change to Lake Houston Park, became official during an Aug. 25 ceremony at the park attended by TPWD officials, Houston Mayor Bill White and commissioners from Harris and Montgomery counties.
TPW Awards More Than $3 Million in Trail, Local Park GrantsSummary: AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission today approved $3.28 million to fund 40 recreational trail projects and $750,000 for small community grants for 15 communities.
Thirty-two communities throughout the state and eight TPWD trail projects planned for Brazos Bend, Government Canyon, Hueco Tanks, Huntsville, Palmetto, Purtis Creek, South Llano and Wyler Aerial Tramway state parks received National Recreational Trails Grant monies. In all, 69 trail projects requesting more than $7.5 million in federal funds were submitted for consideration.
Black Gap Land Donations, Easment to Benefit WildlifeSummary: MARATHON, Texas — Land donated by the Texas Bighorn Society and a conservation easement to protect adjacent private land will improve wildlife habitat management at Black Gap Wildlife Management Area and benefit multiple wildlife species in the Big Bend region, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted Aug. 24 to accept the land donations and the easement.
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