News & Media; News Releases; Texas Oyster Harvesting Season Opens Nov. 2 Oct. 23, 2026 Media Contact: TPWD News, Business Hours, 512-389-8030. News Image Share on Facebook Share R ...

News & Media; News Releases; New World Screwworm Detected in Hunter-Harvested Elk in Pecos County Oct. 21, 2026 Media Contact: TPWD News, Business Hours, 512-389-8030. News Image ...

News & Media; News Releases; TPWD Biologists Say Adaptability, Improving Habitat are Keys for a Successful Waterfowl Season ...

Lake Tawakoni State Park sits on the southern shore of a 37,879-acre reservoir, surrounded by blackjack oak, post oak, black hickory and cedar woodlands. The lake’s sandy shoreline and the park’s ...

Eroded, gently rolling brushland crossed by silted stream valleys makes up the terrain here. This land formed during the Cenozoic Era (the period following the extinction of dinosaurs). Ancient rivers ...

Location: On the Angelina River; dam is located in Jasper County approximately 15 miles north of Jasper. General maps are available at the Corps of Engineers Project Office at Sam Rayburn Dam.

The Army Corps of Engineers operates seven major parks on the shores of Canyon Lake. Several others are managed by Comal County. Some of these parks provide campgrounds, beaches, picnic areas, boat ...

AUSTIN – Quail season kicks off Nov. 1, and the annual Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) roadside survey signaled good population numbers going into opening day. Good habitat conditions, ...

Each day, over 550 Texas game wardens dedicate themselves to protecting the state's natural resources. It's a legacy they've carried on since game wardens first enforced resource conservation laws in ...

Location: 15 miles southeast of Wichita Falls off US Highway 281 Lake Arrowhead is recognized as a premier white crappie lake. Be prepared to share the water with many other anglers in spring, when ...

The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, located in the heart of downtown Austin, hosts the largest urban bat colony in the world, estimated at 1.5 million bats. It is a maternity colony, and ...

AUSTIN — On Oct. 21, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of a detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in a hunter-harvested female elk in Pecos County. A sample was ...