Texas Parks & Wildlife

City Park receives grant, improvements to be made

More updates have been given on the Texas Parks and Wildlife grant the city received for park improvements.The grant is $750,000 and has been in the works for a couple of years now. Currently, the city has already gone out for bids. The improvements are slated to start this summer.

Soar into 2024 with a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park

As the year ends, so does Texas State Parks’ Centennial Celebration, but the fun doesn’t stop when the clock strikes midnight.

Two new surveillance zones set to test for chronic wasting disease

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) launched two new chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance zones located primarily in Gillespie and Limestone counties just before the opening of the 2022 deer hunting season on Nov.

Hunter education program recognizes 1.5 millionth student

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has spent the last 50 years educating more than 1.5 million hunters statewide on the best safe practices available when out in the field so that you and all your hunting buddies make it back home as safe as possible.

National Hunting & Fishing Day: Texas hunters, anglers should bring a buddy

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is asking Texans to invite their friends and family into the outdoors to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHF) on Sept. 24.

Texas hunting, fishing licenses now on sale

The beginning of a new hunting season is quickly approaching, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reminds hunters and anglers to purchase their new licenses for 2022-23.

Digital tagging options now available in Texas

Digital tagging is now available as an option with select 2022-23 resident Super Combo licenses, including the Super Combo, Senior Super Combo and Lifetime Super Combo. With any one of these digital licenses, you can digitally tag your deer, turkey and oversized red drum harvests.

Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame accepting nominations through Nov. 1

The Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame committee is seeking nominations through Nov. 1 of individuals and organizations for induction in next year’s hall of fame.

5 ways to keep things cool in the field

This summer's been a hot one, and it's not over quite yet. Before it starts feeling like actual hunting weather, however, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shared the following five heat hacks to help keep you cool until the temperatures become so: 1. Hunt in the morning  2.

Big Time Texas Hunts, entries open for 2022-23 season

This season, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Big Time Texas Hunts (BTTH) program is offering Texans some of the very best hunting opportunities in the state. Ten premium guided hunt packages are offered in this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts drawing.