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Lake Jackson -- The Great Texas Birding Classic (GTBC) is coming up April 9 - 17, coinciding with the annual spectacle of spring bird migration in Texas. This friendly competition has a serious conservation purpose. Adult teams who record the most...... Full story
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry will head to West Texas today to view areas devastated by tens of thousands of acres. Recent fires have destroyed dozens of homes and left one firefighter -- from Cactus -- critically injured. Perry planned to...... Full story
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – More than 983,000 acres of Texas land have burned so far this year, a result of dangerous, rapidly-spreading wildfire. April is Wildfire Awareness Month, and Texas Forest Service’s prevention and mitigation...... Full story
VANDERPOOL – A possible end-of-the-week freeze is expected to trigger peak color this weekend in the large stands of Uvalde bigtooth maples found in the Sabinal River Valley at Lost Maples State Natural Area. In the past few weeks, the...... Full story
Weekly migratory bird report for Nov. 10, 2010 from Robert Sloan: High Plains Mallard Management Unit: Duck numbers are solid throughout the Panhandle with an abundance of playa lakes. Pintails, wigeons, gadwalls, teal and mallards have been taken....... Full story
We could be heading into one of the better waterfowl hunting seasons in recent years and Texas hunters will be able to take full advantage with a 74-day season and six bird daily bag limit. The 2010-11 late season migratory proposal was finalized...... Full story
North Zone Dove: Rain showers in North Texas hurt the flight a bit last week, but locals are not complaining since the region has been without rain for some time. Good flights of mourners resumed their pattern over soybeans and corn after the rain....... Full story
Piney Woods Region Water Body Report BOB SANDLIN Water off color; 79–82 degrees; 2.38' low. Black bass are good on topwaters early, later switching Texas rigged Baby Brush Hogs, Bandit 200 crankbaits and wacky rigs. Crappie are...... Full story
ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has long recognized the fact that anglers and agency personnel have common goals and that the best way to make fishing better in Texas is to work together. That fact, and the desire to...... Full story
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SRC (Service Regulation Committee) has approved the 2010-2011 Texas dove season, including a 70-day season and 15-bird daily bag statewide, and a 16-day early teal season. Texas dove season in the North and...... Full story
Duck hunting is big time popular in Southeast Texas and there is good news coming down the Central Flyway for the upcoming season. However, there is also a concern that the Gulf oil disaster will be detrimental to ducks that migrate to the Gulf...... Full story
Local children earned their badges and became Big Thicket’s newest Junior Rangers last week after attending a three-day summer camp at Big Thicket National Preserve. Thirty-five children between the ages of six to twelve learned about nature...... Full story
With the Soccer World Cup decided, it is time to think about other sports. Dove hunting, for instance, opens in September, and Hunter Education courses are being offered throughout the state. Hunting is an ideal sport for the entire family,...... Full story
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 24, 2010 – Ducks Unlimited was notified today it will receive a $2.5 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to provide additional habitat for waterfowl and other birds that will migrate to...... Full story
Joint Statement By Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President, And Chris Cox, Executive Director Of NRA's Institute For Legislative Action There may be no vote a United States Senator casts that is more important than a vote to confirm a...... Full story