There is some big news from Boerne Birders! They recently saw an immature bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) last Saturday at Boerne Lake. As far as they can tell, this is a first for Boerne Lake and southern Kendall County. Several birders got a good look at the bird as it flew across the Lake. Delmar [...]
Apply! The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is seeking qualified applicants for a game warden cadet class scheduled to start November 1, 2009. Applications will be accepted from February 2 through April 30, 2009. More than 400 people applied for the 55 positions in the current cadet class that will graduate this June. Game warden [...]
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is look at changing up the State’s hunting regulations. The white-tailed deer proposals are part of statewide proposed hunting and fishing regulation changes for the upcoming 2009-2010 season. One key proposed change involves further expansion of the department’s successful antler restriction regulations into 52 additional counties where biologists have [...]
The South Plains Agriculture Wind and Wildlife Conference will take place February 13, 2009, at the American Wind Power Center and Museum in Lubbock, Texas. The event is sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Wildlife Association, and Texas AgriLife Extension. The conference is intended to provide an objective overview of wind energy development trends [...]
Texas is hoping to add to the mountain of more than 24,000 abandoned crab traps it has hauled from Texas bays since 2002. And yes, it’s crab trap cleanup again! Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) officials are gearing up for the 8th Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program, running this year from Febrary 20 [...]
Waterfowl hunting reports have rolled in from Texas’s High Plains Mallard Management Unit and it seems goose hunting has been very good, especially with colder temperatures. However, limits of Canada geese have been taken over corn and wheat. Snow geese have been cooperating over salt and pepper spreads. Goose season runs through February 8. Duck [...]
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been present in the wild for decades in northeastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. CWD can effect white-tailed deer, mule deer, and elk. Since that time, CWD has spread through some of the state’s elk ranches in 2001 after an operation with some infected animals shipped elk around the state. Since [...]
