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June 24, 2025 Media Contact: TPWD News,  Business Hours, 512-389-8030 News Image Share on Facebook Share Release URL AUSTIN — Of 545 available oyster licenses, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received 115 commercial oyster boat license offers in round nine of its Oyster License Buyback Program, which, if all applicants participate, would represent a reduction … [Read more...] about 06-24 | TPWD Receives 115 Oyster Buyback License Applications

Editor’s note: Outdoor News presents the second part of its centennial reprint of Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River” this week. As we explained in our last issue, the story originally appeared in 1925 in two parts, but for space considerations, we’re dividing it into four. The end of this “Part 2” syncs with the end of the original first half of the story. Readers are … [Read more...] about Part two of Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River”

June 20, 2025 Media Contact: TPWD News,  Business Hours, 512-389-8030 News Image Share on Facebook Share Release URL AUSTIN –Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is asking Texans to help it revamp a classic license plate in recognition of the 25th anniversary of its Conservation License Plate Program (CLPP) that has helped fund Texas fisheries, state parks, … [Read more...] about 06-20 | Conservation License Plate Program Updates Classic Plate to Celebrates 25 Years

June 20, 2025 Media Contact: TPWD News,  Business Hours, 512-389-8030 News Image Share on Facebook Share Release URL AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will provide a presentation on prescribed fire efforts in Bastrop and Buescher State Parks from 6-8 p.m. June 23 at the Bastrop County Community Center. The briefing will cover topics including background … [Read more...] about 06-20 | Official Media Advisory: TPWD Presenting About Prescribed Fire at Community Briefing