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,...

While you are enjoying your stroll through the Scarecrow Trail, be sure to take a few minutes to spend in the Cherokee County Master Gardeners’...

ATHENS – Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center of Athens will host a Sept. 24 “Sunfish Showdown” tournament in conjunction with National Hunting and Fishing Day. The event,...

The Great Neches River Wilderness Race, known as "the toughest little canoe race in Texas," will take place Aug. 6 departing from the spillway area...

JACKSONVILLE – An exhibit focusing on “The Images of Valor-Hispanics in World War II” at the Vanishing Texana Museum has been extended to provide more people an opportunity...

Get out and about, and enjoy outdoor programs offered at the nearby state park and state historic site, both located along Texas Highway 21. Mission Tejas State Park,...

AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, through the Texas Nature Trackers program, invites Texans to participate in the seventh annual City Nature Challenge,...