Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Planned pickup off Pleasure Island

Every February for the past 21 years, volunteers have answered the call to assist in collecting abandoned crab traps from Texas coastal waters – the refuse, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), snagging anglers’ lines, fouling shrimpers’ nets, and running up the tally of...

Butterfly license plate on sale on Monday

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) launched the long-awaited Monarch Butterfly conservation license plate on June 21, raising money to help conserve monarch butterflies and other native Texas, non-game, at-risk species.