Age of former world record blue catfish Splash revealed
      Scientists at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Heart of the Hill Fisheries Science Center near Kerrville have determined that Splash, the former world record blue catfish caught from Lake Texoma in 2004, was at least 23 years old when she died in December 2005.
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Commission passes 'party boat' license rules
      The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Thursday approved the publication of proposed regulations that would require party boat operators to be licensed and their boats inspected and insured. Language included in House Bill 12, enacted by the 80th Texas Legislature, requires the commission to reg...
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Proposal would require permits to sell/possess venomous snakes
      The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved the publication of proposed regulations that would require a new permit for people who sell, transport or possess venomous snakes not indigenous to Texas, plus four species of pythons and one species of anaconda.
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Bryant receives honor
      Game Warden Jarrod E. Bryant of Marshall has been named "Texas Wildlife Officer of the Year" for 2007 by the wildlife conservation and hunting organization Shikar-Safari Club International. Bryant continues his game warden career where he began it in Harrison County, a busy rural area south of Ca...
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