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Gov. Greg Abbott orders preemptive strike on screwworm in Texas

Abbott ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the spread of the invasive fly before it even starts.

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Texas’ battle against deer disease threatens breeding industry

Texas has seen a record number of chronic wasting disease cases this year. The state is looking for new ways to contain the spread without driving deer breeders out of business.

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Texas angler’s record sucker is massive, could get much bigger

The behemoth smallmouth buffalo, landed in Austin, Texas, was less than 10 pounds shy of the 31-year-old world record.

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Texas takes its first steps to protect its mountain lions

While many other states limit hunting of the apex predator, Texas is only now introducing rules to ban canned hunts and require regular checking of traps.

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South Texas groups trying to stop state’s land swap with SpaceX

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is negotiating a land trade involving part of Boca Chica State Park.

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“We’d lose one after the next”: Texas bats face a pandemic of their own

Weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic swept into Texas, a biologist found a dead bat covered in a white fungus — the state’s first official case of white-nose syndrome. Now, scientists are on a mission to understand how many bats have been lost.

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Dallas developer starts construction at former Fairfield Lake State Park despite threat of land seizure

Todd Interests, which plans to turn the former park into a high-end subdivision, has a week left to respond to the state’s final offer for the property.

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department opts for eminent domain to save Fairfield Lake State Park

With only three days left on the state’s lease, the agency unanimously voted to condemn almost 5,000 acres in Freestone County in an effort to keep the park open to the public after developers purchased the property to build a gated community.

The Texas Tribune

A Texas woman raised an alligator as a pet for 20 years. Now it's been seized

Texas Parks and Wildlife officials say that the woman in Caldwell County, Texas, treated the alligator as a pet. She named it Tewa.

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A Texas park on leased land near Dallas must close because the state’s landlord is selling the property to a developer

After investing $72 million in improvements at Fairfield Lake State Park over three decades, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is out. The state has 120 days to vacate the property.

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Gator Raid: Are Giant Crocs Being Used To Police Mexican Border

Giant alligators have been released into the Rio Grande to deter illegal migrants from crossing the border river to the United States, reports Mexican media.

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