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Texas Fish & Game Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore and Texas Fish & Game won big at the Texas Outdoor Writer’s Association (TOWA) awards in Port Arthur last weekend. Moore received 10 total awards and five first place […]

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In This Issue: Sparking a New Flounder Revolution • New Regs for Texas Catfish • A Squirrel Hunting Comeback  •  Lake Conroe: Hot Bass, Scalding Catfishing  •  The Guns of Little Big Horn

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–The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled in a case brought by the Southern Environmental Law Center that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must develop a plan by March 1, 2021, […]

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An environmental body established under the NAFTA replacement, the newly negotiated United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, concluded that the deaths of hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles in Mexico due to fishing gear entanglement warrant a formal response from Mexico […]

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The use of warfarin, a type of poison commonly used to kill rats was brought up in 2017  for feral hog population control with the introduction and eventual demise of the “Kaput Feral Hog Lure”. A […]

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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) has introduced the Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) to defund all federal gun control enforcement and end funding for regulation and guidance issued by the ATF.   The Second Amendment Preservation […]

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USGS researchers are studying the growth and success of nursery-grown transplanted corals in the Florida Keys; research that might help this population of the threatened species rebound. Reefs there have experienced significant coral loss in recent […]

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Texas experienced a rapid drop in temperatures which put more than 4900 Sea Turtles on South Padre Island in jeopardy. Responding to cold stun events is a critical part of the rescue and rehabilitation efforts at […]

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The record-setting freeze that hit Texas over the last week has devasted two species of well-established non-indigenous antelope species in several areas. The nilgai antelope, a native of India and Pakistan has been free-ranging along the […]

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Jaguars captured on game cameras in New Mexico and Arizona have captured a fair amount of media attention over the last decade. This includes the latest report from Arizona we detailed here. A majestic species generally […]

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Black-footed ferret recovery efforts aimed at increased genetic diversity and disease resistance took a bold step forward Dec. 10, 2020, with the birth of “Elizabeth Ann,” created from the frozen cells of “Willa,” a black-footed ferret […]

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The Texas freeze kill event of 2021 is still unfolding. While it began early last week, warming conditions have revealed more fish, sea turtle and other wildlife deaths along the coast. So far the hardest hit […]

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AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has issued a temporary closure to saltwater fishing along parts of the Texas coast to protect resources during freezing weather conditions. The closure takes effect at 12:00 […]

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Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) offshore oil exploration, which began in December 2020, poses a greater threat to the US coastline habitat than previously suggested by the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment according to officials with the Bonefish […]

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California State Senator Scott Weiner’s “Bear Protection Act” would have ended all hunting of black bears in California. He withdrew the bill Monday after a vast opposition from wildlife managers, conservation organizations, and hunters. Bear Trust […]

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It crawled out of a hole in the base of an old live oak stump and sat atop as if it owned the world. The small, striking cat-like creature had a round face, with large cupped […]

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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council took final action on a framework action to increase the lane snapper catch limits and modify the fishing season closure accountability measure. The most recent update assessment of lane […]

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Recently, my landing net was turned into a tangled mess of bent aluminum and shredded mesh by a very angry 47-inch cobia that maybe, just maybe, we should have played out a bit longer before landing. […]

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A trail camera captured the image of a jaguar in Arizona’s Chiricahua/Dos Cabezas mountain range Jan. 6. According to officials with the Chiricahua National Monument, it is the same male that has been photographed in the […]

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Toyota ShareLunker season continued its hot start after anglers reeled in two more Legacy Class Lunkers during the final weekend of January. That brings the total to four this year, equaling the amount caught during the […]

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