NEWSTALK 860 » texas parks and wildlife department http://ksfa860.com Fri, 17 May 2013 21:25:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Budget Cuts May Force State Parks to Close http://ksfa860.com/budget-cuts-may-force-state-parks-to-close/ http://ksfa860.com/budget-cuts-may-force-state-parks-to-close/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:19:00 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=89906 Here we go again. The legislative session is coming in January, and we're hearing the usual predictions of budgetary doom and gloom.  This year we are hearing that if the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department doesn't get the money it needs, nearly two dozen state parks may have to close.

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The ship's managers are spending all the money they're getting from the state just to fix all the leaks and keep her afloat in her mooring at the San Jacinto Battleground State Park.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/doomed-bship-texas-leaking-on-life-support/feed/ 0 via Flickr/Al Pavangkanan TPWD Urges Boaters to Be Safe This Weekend http://ksfa860.com/tpwd-urges-boaters-to-be-safe-this-weekend/ http://ksfa860.com/tpwd-urges-boaters-to-be-safe-this-weekend/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 15:18:19 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=67817 With the long Memorial Day weekend just days away, and with thousands of people heading for the great outdoors, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is busy promoting safe, responsible and sober boating on the state's rivers and lakes.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/tpwd-urges-boaters-to-be-safe-this-weekend/feed/ 0 via Flickr/Going Coastal Monster Size Catfish No Danger to Ecosystem http://ksfa860.com/monster-size-catfish-no-danger-to-ecosystem/ http://ksfa860.com/monster-size-catfish-no-danger-to-ecosystem/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:10:21 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=61185 Because of the wettest winter and spring in years, east Texas lakes are at last back to their normal levels in most areas. "Full Pond", as state hydrologists say.  That means the fishing is better than it's been in years, and the State Parks and Wildlife Department is busy restocking the public lakes and waterways with all kinds of fish, including catfish. BIG catfish.

Officials recently released more than three dozen monster size blue catfish weighing 40 to 90 pounds into Lake Livingston, and they say there's no reason for concern about what the fish might to the fish populations or the ecosystems in the lake or downstream in the Trinity River.

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The sound suppressor proposal is in a package of suggested changes in state hunting and fishing regulations drawn up by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff.

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