August 2012 Future Efforts for Seagrass Conservation in Texas Karen Meador The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has begun a statewide education and outreach campaign to inform the citizens of... Read More
July 2012 Oyster Restoration in Galveston Bay Following Hurricane Ike Charlene Drake Hurricane Ike made landfall September 13, 2008 on the upper Texas coast. Visible damage was apparent everywhere. Over 80% of... Read More
June 2012 30 Years of Coastal Fish Hatcheries Dr. Robert Vega Coastal Fisheries hatcheries staff and 60 honored guests celebrated 30 Years of Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) saltwater fish... Read More
May 2012 How to Measure Fish Lee Schoech Throughout the summer, as an intern for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division, I learned many biological... Read More
April 2012 No Washing Machine in My Marsh! Lillian Gasca A washing machine in the marsh! A washing machine in MY marsh! As I drove north on highway FM 136... Read More
March 2012 Fisheries in Berlin Ed Hegen Dateline: Berlin, Germany, August 2011. Germans and Berliners are remembering the 50-year anniversary of the erection of the wall that... Read More
February 2012 What’s In a Fish Name? Josh Harper | Natural Resource Specialist | Palacios Field Station | Palacios, Texas So a Texan, a Cajun, and a Mexican go fishing together, and pretty soon the Texan catches a large croaking... Read More
January 2012 Seeing Red? Noemi Matos | TPWD – Coastal Fisheries | Resource Specialist Brownsville Field Station | Brownsville, TX Red tide was likely first documented by the Spaniards in 1530. Spanish explorer Nunez De Vaca recorded stories by Florida... Read More
December 2011 Gill Net Wrangler Jenny Detert | TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division | Summer Intern | Palacios, Texas First day of my internship, up at the crack of dawn, I am awed by the sun's rays rising from... Read More
November 2011 For the Love of Fins and Scales… Wendy Hammond Tabone A typical summer intern is usually a youthful college student looking for summer funds and hands-on experience. I am not... Read More