The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is asking Texans, especially hunters, to report any dead rabbits they find in the wild.

11/10/21 - State asks hunters to report rabbit deaths

The Trans-Pecos Wildlife Conference will return to Alpine for the first time since 2016 Aug. 4-5.

06/29/22 - Wildlife conference returns to Alpine in August

There are opportunities for hunters who find themselves without a place to hunt in Texas this year, including public lands and the Drawn Hunt program.

09/15/22 - Opportunities for hunters without place to hunt

Hunters in Texas born on or after Sept. 2, 1971 are required to take Hunter Education, or receive an approved one-year deferral, before hunting. 

Steve Hall, Hunter Education Coordinator for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), says the course can benefit hunters of all ages.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/hunter-education

10/18/22 - Hunter Education can benefit hunters of all ages

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has confirmed the first cases of the nearly-always fatal Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 in three rabbits in El Paso County.

01/11/23 - Highly-contagious rabbit disease found in El Paso County

The Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University is working with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and landowners in Far West Texas to study black bears and reduce future human-bear conflicts. 

Preliminary research shows relocation is not an effective long-term management tool for the bears.

02/15/23 - Relocation not effective black bear management tool

As black bears move further from the Mexican border into Texas, researchers at the Borderlands Research Institute at Sul Ross State University are working with landowners to trap, collar and release the bears so we can learn more about their habits and ecology.

02/14/23 - Balancing human-bear interactions

The Texas Parks Department Is Hosting New Years' Hikes Around The State

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be stocking more than 322,000 rainbow trout at all locations from Nov. 30 through the beginning of March at ponds, lakes and rivers statewide.

11/19 - Seasonal rainbow trout stocking begins Nov. 30

The Lifetime License Drawing is a chance to win a Lifetime Super Combo License ($1,800 value) that lets you hunt and fish in Texas without ever buying another state license.

10/29 - Lifetime license drawings offer $1800 prize value

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