Texas Parks & Wildlife Field Notes

Coming in as a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) intern, I thought I had a decent understanding of what...

The Ghost Shrimp is a little animal, rarely seen unless you intentionally go slurping it out from beneath the water’s...

Sudden and severe water temperature drops have resulted in substantial fish kills and sea turtle strandings along the Texas coast....

Here at Sea Center Texas, Red Drum and Spotted Seatrout are raised in outdoor grow-out ponds as part of the...

The 2021 Texas winter storm Uri was truly an unprecedented event that not only impacted the lives of thousands of...

It might come as no surprise to some people that Texas’ coastal bays are constantly changing. Climate, seasons, weather, tides,...

“What did you use for bait?” “How long have you been on the water?” and “Were you fishing for a...

There’s a famous saying from Benjamin Franklin that, “nothing in this world is certain except death and taxes,” but the...

Those who have spent time wading, or rather sinking, into the depths of marsh muds, maneuvering a kayak through fields...

I knew it would be a fantastic day when I hooked up the trailer and every light worked. All the...

TP&W Field Notes