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Caprock Canyon’s State Park and Trailway designated as Dark-Sky Park

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced that the Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway has been designated as an ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

A look inside the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's annual budget

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is a pretty big outfit. At last count, the Austin-based state agency employed a workforce of around 3,000 people including full-time, part-time and seasonal ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN

Texas’ newest state park gives visitors a sneak peek ahead of planned 2026 opening

Located about 80 miles southwest of Fort Worth, Palo Pinto Mountains will become the first new state park to open in North ...

Start 2026 with a hike at a Texas state park with ancient oxbow lakes

While Falcon State Park is popular among anglers and overnight campers, its 2026 First Day Hike will be dedicated to hikers ...
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department overhaul app to streamline hunting, fishing licenses

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is overhauling its Texas Harvest Mobile App to make it easier for hunters and anglers to get their licenses. With these changes comes a new ...

HOOKED ON EAST TEXAS: Catch rainbow trout at Tyler Nature Center to kick off 2026

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is inviting East Texans to experience a winter tradition — rainbow trout fishing — in ...
Odessa American

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department doubles Enchanted Rock State Natural Area with expansion

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area in Llano County. (Courtesy Photo) AUSTIN The Texas Hill Country is about to get more “enchanting,” thanks to the recent purchase of a 3,073-acre property adjacent to ...
KSAT

State lawmaker declines to pursue bill to dismantle Texas Parks and Wildlife Department further

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area will double in size with a recent expansion by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) SAN ANTONIO – A state ...
Houston Chronicle

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department delays decision on SpaceX land swap

In the face of public opposition, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is delaying consideration of a land swap that would give SpaceX 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park in South Texas. In exchange, ...
San Antonio Current

Republican Texas lawmaker introduces bill to eliminate state’s Parks and Wildlife Department

State Rep. Pat Curry, a Waco Republican, has introduced a bill in the Texas House to eliminate the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). Filed late last week, House Bill 4938 would kill off the ...
KTXS

Texas House bill aims to dismantle Parks and Wildlife, shift duties to other agencies

ABILENE, Texas — A proposed Texas House Bill, HB 4938, considers getting rid of the Parks and Wildlife Department and Commission. If the bill passes, the functions of the PWDC would be transferred to ...
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Local environmental group speaks against bill eliminating Texas Parks and Wildlife

is your neighborhood reporter San Patricio and Aransas County. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Those hiking, camping, hunting or fishing know the drill. If not, somewhere in the Coastal Bend you've seen the ...