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This 104.6-acre sanctuary along the Blanco River offers everything you could possibly want from an outdoor escape: ...
Big Bend Ranch State Park in Terlingua stands as Texas’ largest state park, a 311,000-acre haven of rugged wilderness that somehow remains one of the Lone Star State’s best-kept secrets.
For two decades, Texas offered undocumented students in-state tuition, with bipartisan backing. On Wednesday, a federal judge stopped it after the Justice Department sued and Texas agreed.
Children watch fish swim Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. The Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi has been voted the No. 3 Best Aquarium in North America ...
Advertisement Article continues below this ad Texas' national parks recorded 5.3 million visits last year, generating $488 million in economic impact to the state.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) just bought 1,100 more acres of land in the Hill Country for a new state park in Central Texas. The land is in Lampasas and Burnet ...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced the acquisition of 1,100 acres, advancing plans for a new state park that will be over 3,000 acres.
“Texas is home to 88 state parks that showcase our great state’s natural beauty to Texans and visitors from all over the globe,” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a news release.
The first publication of Follow the Drinking Gourd and the story it told was an article by H.B. Parks called “Foller De Drinkin’ Gou’d” in the 1928 Publications of the Texas Folklore Society.
A former ranchland located 75 miles west of Dallas-Fort Worth is slated to become one of Texas' newest state parks. Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, the 4,871-acre swath of land that was supposed ...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has acquired 630 acres adjacent to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, with plans to nearly double the size of what park officials describe as "one of the ...
“Our new park police officers have been assigned to state parks around Texas where they will play a critical role in serving and protecting the citizens of Texas both within and without the ...