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Texas Game Wardens seized over $100,000 worth of stolen boats, trailers, and fishing equipment during the recent 40th annual ...

New Near You on KWTX@4: Greater Troy Chamber of Commerce looks to grow local businesses and community - 4.29.24 ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports about a half-dozen of young, small alligators are located in the Brazos River ...

The article discusses Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's proposals to ban canned hunting and enforce trap checks for ...

Currently, Texas law does not prohibit canned hunting and doesn't require trap sets for mountain lions to be checked.

Additional discussions led to the TPWD staff being instructed to present a proposed regulation at its May meeting. It’s on ...

An illegal dam in the Texas Hill Country is being demolished following reports from KXAN. The dam, constructed along the ...

Central Texas residents were shocked after a large alligator was spotted swimming in a nearby river last year. Little did ...

TPWD offers a media course on fishing's role in conservation, health, and Texas heritage, with hands-on activities included.

Juvenile alligators spotted in the Brazos River at Waco have sparked a 'heightened level of public concern' over the past ...

Although mountain lions aren't the most common animal to spot here in Texas, they are occasionally found throughout the western Hill Country here in Central Texas. That's why Texas Parks and ...