School Encourages Learning Through Outdoor Exploration CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Children at Weldon Smith Elementary are excited about learning, thanks to a new program that harnesses the power of nature and the outdoors. "Camp Free to Read" is the school's newest...
Beatrice Long, Seabrook Intermediate School teacher, named 2009 National Project Learning Tree Outstanding Educator
by Texas Fishing Guide | March 18, 2009 | Conservation | 0 Comments
Washington, D.C. – Project Learning Tree® (PLT), the environmental education program of the American Forest Foundation, has announced that Beatrice Long, a Houston resident who teaches at Seabrook Intermediate School, was named one of five 2009 National PLT...
Babying Big Bass
by Texas Fishing Guide | March 13, 2009 | Conservation | 0 Comments
ATHENS, Texas—One of the biggest factors that influences the survival of fish entered into the ShareLunker program is how those fish are handled and cared for prior to being picked up by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) employees. ShareLunker handling and...
Project Creates First Artificial Reef of Concrete Poles
by Texas Fishing Guide | August 6, 2004 | Conservation | 0 Comments
Project Creates First Artificial Reef of Concrete Poles CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Dozens of concrete power line poles were deployed July 22 in the Gulf of Mexico about 30 nautical miles east of here, marking the first time concrete poles have been used to create an...
Project Creates First Artificial Reef of Concrete Poles
by Texas Fishing Guide | August 6, 2004 | Conservation | 0 Comments
Project Creates First Artificial Reef of Concrete Poles CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Dozens of concrete power line poles were deployed July 22 in the Gulf of Mexico about 30 nautical miles east of here, marking the first time concrete poles have been used to create an...
Invasive Carp Poses Threat to Game Fish, Wildlife
by Texas Fishing Guide | February 20, 2004 | Conservation | 0 Comments
Invasive Carp Poses Threat to Game Fish, Wildlife FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The meandering lower Ohio River for centuries has carved sloughs and oxbows all over far western Ballard County in what is now the Boatwright and Ballard Wildlife Management Areas. These lakes also...
TPWD Reorganization To Support Water Conservation
by Texas Fishing Guide | February 20, 2004 | Conservation | 0 Comments
TPWD Reorganization To Support Water Conservation AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is merging its Resource Protection Division into other field divisions, a move agency leaders say will allow it to better focus on critical water resource...
State Offers Integrated Solution to Hydrilla Dilemma
by Texas Fishing Guide | November 9, 2002 | Conservation | 0 Comments
State Offers Integrated Solution to Hydrilla Dilemma AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has unveiled a multi-faceted plan to manage the intrusion of hydrilla, an exotic aquatic plant that officials say caused several hundred thousand dollars in...
Pond Management Seminar
by Texas Fishing Guide | November 4, 2002 | Conservation | 0 Comments
Pond Management Seminar ATHENS, Texas -- Small pond owners, or those who want to be, have an excellent opportunity to learn more about small pond management at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center on Nov. 9. From 9 a.m.-3 p.m., TFFC is hosting a pond management...
A Wish Come True
by Texas Fishing Guide | October 30, 2002 | Conservation | 0 Comments
A Wish Come True A few weeks ago in the late afternoon while I was re-spooling one of my fishing reels my wife had yelled down to me in the cellar and said that I had a phone call. Right in the middle of my winding I had asked her who was on the phone to which she...
School Encourages Learning Through Outdoor Exploration
by Texas Fishing Guide | October 29, 2002 | Conservation | 0 Comments
School Encourages Learning Through Outdoor Exploration CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Children at Weldon Smith Elementary are excited about learning, thanks to a new program that harnesses the power of nature and the outdoors. "Camp Free to Read" is the school's newest...