July 2011 Electronic Logbook Study in Port Aransas Alice Best | Program Specialist, Rockport If you're a regular at one of the many recreational docks in Port Aransas, you may have seen me, or... Read More
June 2011 Sharks for a Mile Bobby J. Johnson, Summer Intern, Rockport Marine Lab The adventure began at 6:00 a.m. May 28, 2010. Winds were calm and waves were non-existent. I was aboard the... Read More
May 2011 Texas Coast Freezes February 2011 Noemi Matos | Resource Specialist | Brownsville Field Station The Texas coastline experienced frigid temperatures between the mornings of Tuesday, February 1, and Saturday, February 5, 2011, as a... Read More
April 2011 Thermal Refuges: Protecting Fish During Arctic Fronts Adriana Leiva, Fish and Wildlife Technician, Upper Laguna Madre Field Station In 2005 the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a proposal giving authority to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department... Read More
March 2011 A Summer Well Spent as the Lower Laguna Madre CCA Intern Abigail Lashbrook, Brownsville Field Station One does not expect to come face to face with a 7 ft. bull shark (Carcharinus leucas) at 7:30 am... Read More
February 2011 My Summer Internship with Coastal Fisheries Division, TPWD Colin Nash | Summer Intern | Rockport I was in Marine Ecology class one morning when my professor approached me afterward and invited me into his office.... Read More
January 2011 A Glimpse into a Day at Sea Center Texas Kenneth Wethington | Summer Intern | Lake Jackson It's early in the morning, the dew is falling off the grass and the sun has begun its slow ascent... Read More
December 2010 Tales of a Summer Intern Allison Hatten | Coastal Fisheries Division | Sabine Lake Marine Lab | Port Arthur When I interviewed for the internship with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division last summer, I was... Read More
November 2010 Looking Through the Seagrass Landes Randall | Summer Intern (Technician) | Coastal Fisheries Division | Rockport Marine Lab During my internship with the Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD), I spent time monitoring propeller scars... Read More
October 2010 The TPWD Coastal Fisheries Regulatory Process Coastal Fisheries Outreach Specialists: Tonya Wiley and Art Morris Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) is the principle agency with legislative authority to pass state regulations that affect sport... Read More