Tag: Nature
Nature Notes: Burrowing Owls
For Burrowing Owls, West Texas is a Hub in an Epic Migration
By Andrew Stuart
They're diminutive, less than a foot tall, but their claim to...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Debuts “Under the Texas Sky” Podcast
We are of nature and it is in us. That's the premise of a new long-format audio podcast from the Texas Parks and Wildlife...
Experience new places and adventures this spring break at a Texas...
AUSTIN- With Spring Break around the corner, Texans everywhere will be looking for new ways to explore. Take a walk on the wild side...
Nature Notes: The Odessa Meteor Crater
The Odessa Meteor Crater: A Subtle Feature Tells a Cosmic Story
By Andrew Stuart
Five miles west of Odessa, a 600-foot-wide circular hole marks the West...
Nature Notes: Tracing the Salt Road, Where West Texas Geology, History...
By Andrew Stuart
Beneath the soaring western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains, geologic and chemical forces combine to create a resource humans have sought since...
Texas State Parks reservation system unveils new features ahead of Spring...
Park visitors can now buy a "Save the Day" pass, book specific campsites, cabins and shelters and buy a Texas State Park Pass online
AUSTIN--...
Nature Notes: Beneath the Guadalupe Mountains, Traces of an Ancient Salt...
By Andrew Stuart
It is today “so common, so easy to obtain, and so inexpensive that we have forgotten that from the beginning of civilization...
County Conservation partners host local work group meeting
When: February 12, 2019
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Culberson County Groundwater Conservation District @ 1300 West Broadway, Van Horn, Texas.
Van Horn,...
Game Warden Field Notes
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
Don't Mess with Texas Armadillos
A miscreant who found and tortured...
TPWD urges hunters and landowners to be vigilant for signs of...
Recent tests confirm CWD in white-tailed and mule deer in existing containment zones
AUSTIN - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has confirmed chronic...