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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2013

    Line & Lariat Hosting Downtown for Dummies, Buffalo Bayou for Beginners Open House

    With all the buzz around downtown Houston lately, you may feel a little out of the loop if you haven't had a chance to check out the revitalized dining and entertainment district for yourself in the past year. Line & Lariat -- one of downtown's best restaurants, housed in the historic Union Nationa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2013

    Honky Tonk Blood Brothers Ride Again on Hunchback of Mexico

    Ed. Note: This article was written by Sonya Harvey. Guns. Knives. Ammo. Mexico. Prisoners. Hunchbacks. Hermanos. This is the stuff of spaghetti-Western legend in the making, which can only be thought up by Johnny Falstaff and Hank Schyma. The Honky Tonk Blood brothers and Houston musicians are up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2013

    Texas' Forgotten Artificial Reefs: Six Great Photographs

    For the past 30 years, the Texas Artificial Reef program has been adding reef sites throughout the state's waters, with 68 reef sites in the Gulf of Mexico ranging from 40 to 360 acres in size. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department realizes most people haven't heard of the program. "The Texas Artif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2013

    Great Egret Found Walking Around Front Yards With An Arrow In It

    Great Egrets can be distinguished by their yellow bills and black legs and feet. And in Beaumont, they sometimes can be distinguished by the arrow sticking out of them as they wander through neighborhoods. Beaumont police say they received a call last week that a large white bird that "was going f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2012

    Chupacabras, Assault Rifles, and Busting Facebragging Hunters: True Texas Game Warden Adventures

    Among crime blotters in the state, two of the best belong to the Lufkin Daily News and the Wise County Messenger. But those are both private sector news sources. Our favorite "socialist" crime blotter comes from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, whose periodic Game Warden Field Notes is must ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2012

    "Natural" Texas License Plates: The Mind Assumes Weed, And The Vanity Plates Deliver

    Ever on the lookout for more ways to praise the Lone Star State -- and the make a few more bucks in the process -- the people at myplates.com are now offering "Natural Texas" vanity license plates. A field of weeds, the plates look like -- not exactly inspiring. To myplates, though, they shine: "Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2012

    Bastrop State Park, One Year After The Wildfire: Almost Ready For Its Close-Up

    Just about one year after a devastating wildfire that torched much of its 6,000 acres, Bastrop State Park is getting ready to show visitors its made a comeback. Symbolizing the recovery is "a shade shelter originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corps at Bastrop State Park during the 1930s," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2012

    As It Was Written: The Red Tide Riseth from Sea, Kills Thousands (of Fish)

    Some Biblical-type shit has struck Galveston, killing hundreds of thousands of fish and littering the beaches with their carcasses. The first dead washed ashore on Friday, and it wasn't until Monday afternoon that scientists gave this hidden killer a name: The red tide. It's composed of microscopic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2012

    Coast Guard Seized $100,000 Worth of Illegal Shrimp Last Week

    Only a couple of weeks prior to the Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season opening, the Coast Guard has been busy seizing thousands of pounds of illegally harvested shrimp in Texas waters. Last Monday, the Coast Guard Cutter Heron caught two shrimping boats hauling up their catches in closed water ... More >>

  • News

    May 24, 2012

    2012 Summer Guide

    A new minor league baseball team, a new amusement park, the urban wilderness of Buffalo Bayou, food, concerts and plays — Houston, prepare to get your summer on.

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Drought Time: Five Fun Alternative Texas Water Spots When Rivers And Lakes Are Low

    Twin Lakes Scuba Park: There's a bus under that water​As we noted yesterday, the ongoing drought is kicking the ass of Texas rivers and lakes. The Guadalupe is just inching along, low in its banks, formerly underwater roots exposed, making toobing not the traditional summer romp it usually is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Very, Very Determined Mountain Lion Denied Chance to Eat President Obama in El Paso

    Dedicated mountain lion says Yes We Can, learns otherwise.​We know not the name of the mountain lion who was chased through the downtown streets of El Paso this morning, continuing to escape pursuers even with two tranquilizer darts in him. We only know the cat must have really wanted to see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Border War: Don't Drift Over To The Mexico Side Of Lake, Texas Warns Fishermen

    Watch out for the AK-47s on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake​You're out for a peaceful day of fishing on Falcon Lake, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, and the next thing you know you're in the middle of an intense firefight, or you're being kidnapped, or turned into a junkie by ruthless drug ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Chron's Feelings Are Hurt

    HBO drama didn't celebrate Houston as best-est place.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Coyotes And Bobcats Invade Area Yuppie Enclaves

    ​Back in 2004, we covered the battle of man vs. coyote in League City. Now it appears the wily canines have moved the battlefront closer to town.WestUInstantNews picks up the, um, tail: Coyotes and bobcats have recently been spotted prowling the border of Bellaire and West University Place, prom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Texas Blind Salamander Blues

    Photo by Robb Walsh​The Texas blind salamander lives in a dark cave in San Marcos and doesn't see very well, hence the blues-guitarist moniker. It's also an endangered species. Blind Salamander Pale Ale from Rahr Brewery in Fort Worth is the first of a new series called "Rare Breed" beers. Eac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Texas Traveler: Sea Center Texas

    Photos by Brittanie SheyAbout an hour south of Houston on 288, in a modern residential neighborhood in Lake Jackson, stands Sea Center Texas, an aquarium and educational center operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. As aquariums go, it's not the state's fanciest, but it does include e ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 12, 2009

    Oyster Lovers Unite

    This Valentine's weekend may be your best chance to eat oysters for years to come

  • Calendar

    January 22, 2009

    “Barry Stone: Highway 71 Revisited”

    This photographer found plenty of life under the road

  • Music

    January 8, 2009
  • Dining

    December 28, 2006

    Half Shell Face-Off

    Compare East Coast oysters to Gulf Coast oysters and see what you think

  • News

    September 7, 2006
  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Hog Wild

    Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    Dark Water

    A reporter, a photographer and canoeist Tom Helm paddle from the Galleria to Galveston Bay by canoe and kayak, finding beauty, danger and urban debris in equal measure

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Hold the Salt

    Too much of a good thing threatens the oysters in Galveston Bay

  • Dining

    January 19, 2006

    I Am the Walrus, Part 1

    Winter is prime time at Willie G's oyster bar

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Poured Out

    With archaic and self-serving laws, reforms don't come easy for the Texas booze industry

  • News

    January 27, 2005

    Love It, Fear It

    A Brit flourishes by studying Houston

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Keeping It Real

    Spring Creek stands poised to ride into history, one way or another

  • Dining

    March 25, 2004

    Sex, Death and Oysters

    Beneath the muddy waters of Galveston Bay lies one of the greatest seafood treasure troves on earth

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    What He Said

    Houston's new top cop may bring his own language barrier

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2003

    Truth Hurts

    Two University of Texas graduate students record small-town Texas life in Truth I Ever Told

  • News

    November 28, 2002

    Klan Comedy

    Plus: Driving Him Mad, Cable Curse, Gay Players

  • Dining

    November 22, 2001

    The Bambi Syndrome

    Texas is overrun with native whitetails, so why do restaurants have to buy their venison from game farms?

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Up a Creek

    Diverting streams into the Brazos and Posh Amenity lakes has been great for fancy Fort Bend developments. But it's killing Oyster Creek, the lifeblood for legendary Texas cattle ranchers.

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Green Port?

    A Port suit accuses several companies of contaminating its land for decades

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Fish Tales

    Rayburn's bass diminish as debates continue over pollution discharges

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Place to Canoe

    Armand Bayou Nature Center

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Babe's Bad Night

    Feral hogs are on the increase. And so are those who hunt them.

  • News

    July 20, 2000
  • Dining

    July 15, 1999

    Dish

    Can't Buy Love -- or Armadillo

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    Killer Weed

    The life-suffocating Salvinia molesta has entered Texas waterways. It's green, fast and deadly.

  • News

    April 30, 1998
  • Calendar

    October 16, 1997
  • News

    August 22, 1996

    Beastly Behavior

    Wildlife rehabilitator Vivian Steele got along fine with animals. It's people who gave her trouble.

  • News

    April 11, 1996

    Murky Water

    State Senator Buster Brown wants to make Lake Jackson safe for development. Guess who's one of the developers.

  • Calendar

    September 14, 1995
  • News

    June 29, 1995

    Dead in the water

    Bothered by shrinking catches, growing regulations and a sense of frustration, Galveston Bay's shrimpers say that they, not the shrimp, are the endangered species.

  • News

    May 4, 1995

    Sanctuary

    The oil is gone from High Island, but the birds still come. So do the bird watchers.

  • Calendar

    March 17, 1994
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