texas parks and wildlife department

Parks and Wildlife investigates possible mountain lion sighting

KEYE - CBS 42  Mon, 10/20/2008 - 10:02pm

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is investigating the possible sighting of a mountain lion in Horseshoe Bay.

Meanwhile, police are warning residents not to go out at night if...



 

High gas prices may be boosting attendance at state parks

Daily Texan  Thu, 06/05/2008 - 11:00pm

By Teresa Mioli

Daily Texan Staff

Rising gas and airfare prices may be causing Texans to trade cross-country road trips and overseas flights for camping, hiking, swimming and exploring at state parks closer to home.

Texas state parks have seen a 22 percent increase in camping reservations for the Memorial Day weekend compared to the same period in 2007, said Tom Harvey, spokesman for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.



 

Saving Hyde Park from pedestrians and bicyclists

Austin Metablog  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 12:21am

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wants to sell off a tract abutting the UT Intramural Fields (the Game Warden...

(via Austin Contrarian)



 

Saving Hyde Park from pedestrians and bicyclists

AustinContrarian  Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:58pm

Neighborhoods impose conditions on new development all the time.  Some of the conditions are sensible.  Some are strange.  Some are merely mildly irritating.  But a "no pedestrian/bicyclist" provision?