Falcon Lake Guide

Kite Tube Manufacturer Issues Recall

AUSTIN, Texas — In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Sportsstuff, Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska, voluntarily recalled about 19,000 Wego Kite Tubes July 13.

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Fish and Commercial Netters Ignore U.S.-Mexico Border

AUSTIN, Texas — Managing a fishery and enforcing game laws along an international border are both complicated tasks. Combine the two and you have a nightmare for fisheries biologists and game wardens alike.

Operation Pescador

ZAPATA, Texas - Game wardens from across the state are converging on Falcon Lake along the Texas-Mexico border in a concerted effort to clean up illegal commercial fishing activities and prevent water safety violations, as well as to enforce other state laws.

Budweiser Sharelunker Program Offers Prizes

ATHENS, Texas — Catching a Budweiser ShareLunker — a largemouth bass weighing 13 pounds or more — is its own reward, an accomplishment shared by a relative handful of anglers.

TPWD Announces Catch and Release Record Category

AUSTIN, Texas — Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, Texas anglers will no longer have to kill a fish to have it considered for a state record.

First Statewide Conference on Invasive Plants Scheduled

AUSTIN, Texas — On Nov. 17 and 18, 2005, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin will convene the first statewide conference in Texas on non-native invasive plants as part of the Pulling Together Initiative. Conference planning is led by a coalition of interested parties who recognize the importance of creating networks of information about the potentially negative impacts of non-native invasive plant species. The coalition includes: the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Texas Forest Service, Houston Area Research Council, Texas Nursery & Landscape Association, National Biological Information Infrastructure, and the Texas Department of Agriculture.

Enhanced Budweiser ShareLunker Database Now Online

ATHENS, Texas — Big bass nerds everywhere take note: Information about entries in the Budweiser ShareLunker program can now be searched online.

Game Wardens, Parks, Wildlife Areas Cope in Rita's Aftermath

AUSTIN, Texas — Dozens of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens continue to deliver food, water, medical assistance and peacekeeping support to East Texas counties still reeling from Hurricane Rita. Meanwhile, the number of state parks temporarily closed by Rita is down to four from about 20 two weeks ago. State wildlife management areas remain open, but fall hunters are being urged to use caution.

STATE PARKS HOST RITA EVACUEES, GAME WARDENS PREP FOR RESCUE WORK

AUSTIN, Texas - As Hurricane Rita bears down on the Texas coast, coastal state parks are temporarily closing, while others open their doors at no cost to hurricane evacuees. Meanwhile, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens, many of them fresh from Katrina duty in New Orleans, are staging for a possible new round of rescues in their home state. (The Governor's Emergency Management Council is coordinating Rita response for all state agencies, including TPWD game wardens.)

STATE PARKS HOST RITA EVACUEES, GAME WARDENS PREP FOR RESCUE WORK