AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission received confirmation of a case of chronic wasting disease in Cherokee County, marking the...

AUSTIN – Texas State Parks Day is Nov. 5 and, as part of continued centennial celebrations, visitors will get free day-use entrance at all Texas state parks. “Texas Parks...

AUSTIN — In preparation for the Nov. 4 opening of general deer hunting season, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has updated the My Texas Hunt Harvest mobile app...

AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists expect deer hunters statewide to have plenty of opportunities to fill freezers this season thanks to widespread,...

Beginning July 1, 2023, Mission Tejas State Park will offer visitors limited day use of its facilities as contractors upgrade waterlines and...

One of the most tragic and saddest situations is when a child drowns. A life being cut short and the tragedy it brings on the family is heartrending but they can be...

AUSTIN – Each year on the first Saturday in June, anglers across the state pack their tackle boxes and get their fishing poles ready for the Texas tradition of Free Fishing...

Sawyer Leal (foreground) gets a few pointers from Park Ranger Jared Shamburger on how to perfectly toast marshmallows to create s’mores at Mission...

Here are a few things to think about in upcoming weeks as you begin to prepare a garden: APRIL • Now is the time to select and plant out large vines for use in the...

The Neches River National Wildlife Refuge drew a group of visitors to the site off U.S. Highway 79, west of Jacksonville at the Cherokee-Anderson...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – The Neches River National Wildlife Refuge will hold an April 8 field day at the park at the Anderson-Cherokee County line, on U.S. Highway 79 West....

ATHENS – The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is welcoming in the month of April with its annual “Fishing Fools Day” on Saturday, April 1. The event is designed to...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – An April 8 field day held at the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge at U.S. Highway 79 West, at the Anderson-Cherokee county...

LAKE STRIKER – An eight-year-old Troup resident whose love of fishing recently established a new fishing record at Lake Striker by catching a...

Land Lease will be Terminated; Public Access to Fairfield Lake to Cease AUSTIN— After more than 50 years of public use and outdoor recreation by Texas families,...