News & Media; News Releases; White-tailed Deer Harvest Numbers Expected to be Good for 2026-27 Hunting Season Oct. 1, 2026 ...

TYLER — Join the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) at Tyler Nature Center for the East Texas Fire and Nature Festival on Saturday, October 10, to learn about nature and prescribed fire. The ...

What is Chronic Wasting Disease? Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) threatens wild and captive deer. This fatal disease is in a family of neurological diseases known as transmissible spongiform ...

Successful hunters will be required to use tags from their hunting license for harvested deer. These hunts take place on National Wildlife Refuge property. National Wildlife Refuge rules and ...

GULF COAST — On Sept. 8, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists began receiving reports of a red tide bloom off of the coast of Galveston. Staff with TPWD Kills and Spills Team (KAST), ...

NEW ORLEANS — At the closing banquet of the National Association of State Parks Directors (NASPD) conference on Thursday, Texas State Parks Director Rodney Franklin was honored with the Distinguished ...

AUSTIN — Just like a park-loving Texan, the Centennial Time Capsule, is off to its next location as it roams the Lone Star State for 50 years on a quest to visit every park. This time, it is moving to ...

TPWD complies with Federal civil rights laws and is committed to providing its programs and services without discrimination. See the TPWD Nondiscrimination Policy ...