Texas Parks and Wildlife warns avian influenza is spreading in wild birds. Here’s what officials say about risks to pets, people and backyard flocks.

Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, a 4,871-acre piece of land in North Texas, will open to the public for the first time this ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is partnering with several agencies to accept applications for its Panhandle ...

FREESTONE COUNTY, Texas -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department voted unanimously to use eminent domain to seize a 5,000-acre property south of Dallas that included Fairfield Lake State Park on ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Parks and Wildlife is honoring three employees who died after their helicopter crashed over the weekend in a West Texas wildlife preserve. It killed Dewey Stockbridge, a ...

Outdoor adventurers are now able to hike, fish, camp, and explore a brand-new state park — the first new Texas state park in 25 years. Palo Pinto Mountains State Park opened Sunday, March 1.

Biologists with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) have confirmed multiple sightings of a black bear in several East Texas counties. The bear was spotted in Cherokee, Anderson, Panola, and ...

The controversial space company would receive hundreds of acres from the federal government out of the Lower Rio Grande ...

The Palo Pinto Mountains State Park will open its gates to visitors for a soft opening March 1.

On Jan. 29 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) declared a state of disaster as a pre-emptive move to minimize risk of the New World screwworm (NWS) establishing a foothold in the U.S. and Lone Star State.

The funds are part of the department’s local parks grant program. During the last legislative session, about $60 million was allocated to TPWD for local parks in House Bill 500.