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- It gives the Parks and Wildlife Department the authority it needs to manage the Process responsibly.
- The program, a function of the law enforcement division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, is
- vertical, then we're all in, and we'll let the Department of Parks and Wildlife decide whether you pose
- Having Parks and Wildlife...
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Keywords:
construction, wildlife impact, height restrictions, national wildlife refuge, environmental regulations, HB 3887, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Parks and Wildlife Code, performance bond, payment bond, contractor bonding, public works, construction contracts, public building, procurement, bid security, subcontractors, suppliers, contractor payment protection, project completion
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- This would allow state and local parks and recreation agencies or departments to promote recreational
- get active while enjoying the many parks and outdoor spaces that Texas has to offer.
- Public parks bear names like... Independence Park, Harmony Park, and Freedom Dog Park.
- of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
- I took it to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Director, and I said, hey.
Keywords:
SB 2801, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Parks and Wildlife Code, field trial permit, hunting dog field trial, coonhound trial, dog trial, squirrel hunting, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals, hunting license exemption, wildlife management, public land permit, private land hunting, game fish and water safety account, permit fee, commission rules, Parks and Wildlife Department, Unplug Texas Day, digital detox
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Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
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- Brain Institute, and Texas A&M Veterinary College. with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department using
- The bill requires the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to hold public hearings. and provide an online
- I would like to have Parks and Wildlife come up as a resource witness on this and Mr. True.
- I'm the Wildlife Division Director for Texas Parks and Wildlife, and I'm testifying neutral.
- I don't know if we will ever crack that nut and solve it 100%, but what I'm looking for from the department
Keywords:
deer breeding, chronic wasting disease, wildlife management, release site, landowner rights, TCEQ, environmental quality, administrative actions, public notice, legislative oversight, water supply, Angelina and Neches River Authority, ownership transfer, public utilities, Certificate of Convenience and Necessity, SB 2801, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Parks and Wildlife Code, field trial permit, hunting dog field trial
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Keywords:
library grants, construction, public libraries, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, community resources, livestock, rodeo, grant program, agricultural education, county fairs, funding, economic development, prescribed burn, Texas A&M Forest Service, Parks and Wildlife Department, fire safety, environmental management, agricultural conservation, land preservation, environmental protection
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Keywords:
oyster mariculture, aquaculture, farming, water quality, regulations, outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, hunter education, criminal charge, illegal hunting, mule deer, white-tailed deer, sustainability, wildlife conservation, unmanned aircraft, wildlife retrieval, Hunting
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Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
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- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was authorized to implement a system of digital tagging.
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department currently offers. this option for harvested deer, turkey, and red
- to use digital tagging, which helps parks and wildlife collect accurate data. wildlife populations effectively
- I do have a resource witness from Parks and Wildlife. Any questions?
- In 1995, legislation was passed to create confidentiality. between a Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist
Keywords:
water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, harvest reports, wildlife harvest data, public information act, open records, confidentiality, hunter privacy, angler data, game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals
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Texas 89th Regular
Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2021, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was authorized to implement a system of digital tagging
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department currently offers digital tagging for harvested deer, turkey, and
- In August 2025, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is expected to take action to expand digital
- using digital tagging, which helps Parks and Wildlife collect accurate data to manage wildlife populations
- A resource witness from Parks and Wildlife was noted for questions.
Keywords:
water rights, treaty compliance, Rio Grande, agriculture, drought, international water, Texas water supply, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, harvest reports, wildlife harvest data, public information act, open records, confidentiality, hunter privacy, angler data, game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met without a quorum at first, then later established quorum and proceeded with testimony and votes. Senate Bill 1248, by Chair Perry, was explained as a narrow Open Records Act exception to protect harvest report location data collected through Texas Parks and Wildlife’s digital tagging system. Support testimony came from Matt Wagner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, who said the bill would protect private land and sensitive biological information while preserving useful wildlife data. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending until later in the meeting.
The committee then heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, which urges the State Department and the International Boundary and Water Commission to press Mexico to comply with the 1944 Water Treaty and deliver its share of Rio Grande water. Senator Hinojosa, farmers, municipal officials, and other witnesses described severe water shortages in South Texas, low reservoir levels, crop losses, the closure of the Valley sugar industry, and the need for alternative supplies such as desalination, reuse, and drainage-runoff projects. Members also discussed treaty enforcement, regional drought, and the role of cartels and Mexican water storage, while emphasizing that Texas must also invest in its own water infrastructure.
The committee also considered Senate Bill 740, which the committee substitute amended to require the Public Utility Commission to adopt a standardized application form for system improvement charges and complete related rulemaking by September 1, 2026, applying only to applications filed on or after that date. Members discussed concerns about water wholesalers using the process to delay cases and drive up costs, and the need for more transparency and PUC resources. The committee voted to adopt the substitute and report SB 740 favorably. After returning to the earlier items, the committee voted SB 1248 out favorably and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar, and voted SCR 13 out favorably as well. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
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- about state parks and why there were no inner-city state parks.
- So I think Andy Sampson was the head of Texas Parks... ...Parks and Wildlife at the time, and so we started
- And so what this bill does is create a state park in the inner city of Houston.
- have access to every state agency, and that would be the kind of park that we would create.
- Chairman and members, there are only about six of the state's 88 parks that are located anywhere near
Bills:
HB370, HB738, HB2935, HB3227, HB4103, HB5259, SB519, SB1350, SB1247, SB1248, SB2112, HCR81, HCR83, HCR84, HCR59, HCR109, HCR111, HCR135, SCR6
Keywords:
HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation
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- It also updates the caption and gives the Parks and Wildlife Department the power to enjoin construction
- and Wildlife Department and certain other duties of the Department relating to wildlife corridors.
- It is important to highlight that this bill simply directs the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to
- That prompted the Texas Department of Transportation to work with Texas Parks and Wildlife as well as
- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was authorized to implement a system of digital tagging.
Bills:
HB370, HB738, HB2935, HB3227, HB4103, HB5259, SB519, SB1350, SB1247, SB1248, SB2112, HCR81, HCR83, HCR84, HCR59, HCR109, HCR111, HCR135, SCR6
Keywords:
HB 370, Events Trust Fund, Texas events funding, sports eligibility, women's sports, girls' sports, biological sex, transgender athletes, sex-segregated sports, athletic competition, event subsidies, tourism funding, site selection organization, anti-trafficking plan, female athletes, public funding, economic impact, sports policy, Rosenwald Schools, historical preservation
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- House Bill 4229 relates to stamps issued by the Parks and Wildlife Department.
- They were extirpated from Texas in the early... 1960s, and by 2017, Parks and Wildlife had them restored
- It allows Texas Parks and Wildlife to move vessel.
- and Wildlife Department, ultimately spreading fragments rather than collecting and removing them.
- As the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department seeks the ability to enforce compliance with existing aquatic
Bills:
HB2385, HB3349, HB3962, HB3883, HB4396, HB4811, HB5088, HB4588, HB4867, HB4895, HB5398, HB5616
Keywords:
NRA, funding, major events reimbursement, annual meetings, exhibits, events trust fund, Pan American Games, Olympic Games, motor sports racing, local control, event support contract, INDYCAR, Arlington, tourism, funding eligibility, sporting events, economic impact, local governments, American Performance Horseman, American Rodeo
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Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 31st, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department receives a large portion of its funding from the sale... of these
- Simply, this bill directs a new method of finance within the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
- This bill was brought to us by Texas Parks and Wildlife.
- This bill is from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Association's recommendation.
- We do have the Parks and Wildlife here as a resource.
Bills:
SB34, SB119, SB261, SB532, SB1035, SB1245, SB1247, SB1267, SB1442, SB1930, SB1948, SB2078, SB2112, SB2143, SB2155
Keywords:
wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210, 25 March, 2026; 1:00 PM
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
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- And I'm assuming you want to hear about me, for what I know about wildlife and outdoors. Outdoors.
- So, basically, I live to hunt and fish and spend time outdoors and take other people with me as much
- I wanted to commend all of you that have put it together, and Caitlin and Ricky, and putting together
- </c><00:04:16.280><c> follow</c> going and they can follow up and follow going and they can follow up
- And and I do appreciate are sustainable.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210, 18 March, 2026; 1:30 PM
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
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- We'll go ahead and call the Wildlife, Fisheries Committee to order.
- And it was the state put those out on the state trace park. And they migrated to my property.
- the parks and the ball fields and all the parks and the ball fields and all that,<00:24:10.960><c> we're
- And I just have concerns about going in there and building full-blown parks. Okay?
- and providing the wildlife stuff.
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210, 2 February, 2026; 3:00 P.M.
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
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- The Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee will come to order.
- we</c><00:11:04.959><c> tried</c> Wildlife Resource Agency, and we tried Wildlife Resource Agency, and
- </c> It's a little piece that the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that a 10-month multi-agency
- </c><00:15:15.839><c> Wildlife</c> the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Enforcement
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 216, Oct. 23, 2025; 2:00 PM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210; 2 April, 2025: 9:30 AM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210; 27 March, 2025: 1:30 PM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210; 4 March, 2025: 1:00 PM
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Mississippi 2025 Regular Session
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 409, 26 February, 2025; 9:30 A.M.
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