June 2010 Is the Laguna Madre Dying? Amy Larimer | Fish and Wildlife Technician AND Todd Neahr | Natural Resource Specialist | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem | Corpus Christi To put it simply, no, the upper Laguna Madre (ULM) is not dying. Some anglers believe that the large amount... Read More
May 2010 Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Shrimp Inspection Program Robert Adami, Jr. | Natural Resource Specialist | Corpus Christi Prior to1998, ponds of the emerging shrimp farm industry were only intermittently inspected by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).... Read More
April 2010 TPWD’s Response to Coastwide Freeze, 2010 Steven Mitchell, Aquatic Biologist | Upper Coast Kills and Spills Team | Dickinson Marine Laboratory Prior to the 1950s, biologists along the Texas coast were few and far between and getting to a fish kill... Read More
March 2010 Change in Seagrass Bed Scarring (2007-2009) Using GIS Faye Grubbs*, Ashley Summers, Mark Fisher (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) INTRODUCTION In the 1990s, it was recognized that propeller scars left by boaters were causing significant damage to seagrass beds... Read More
February 2010 Mapping a New Path Jennifer Bauer | Fish and Wildlife Technician, Dickinson Marine Laboratory | Oyster Mapping and Restoration Project, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department When most people think of a job as a fisheries technician, they generally think that means working with fish. When... Read More
January 2010 The Often Overlooked Florida Pompano Todd Neahr | Natural Resource Specialist | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem | Corpus Christi Have you ever thought of breaking away from the same old fishing trip? Do you want to target something different... Read More
December 2009 Maybe It’s Time We Try Something Different for Supper Mark Lingo | Lower Laguna Madre Ecosystem Leader | Brownsville Field Station | Brownsville Over the years I have tried foods that most folks would find down right disgusting, including opossum, nutria, lynx, and... Read More
November 2009 Gar Kevin Willis | Matagorda Bay Ecosystem | Fish and Wildlife Technician | Palacios As a young man, I spent a half-decade paddling the backwaters and oxbows of southeast Texas' Neches River. In search... Read More
October 2009 Know Your Sharks Tonya Wiley | TPWD Fisheries Outreach Specialist | Dickinson When you reel in your next shark, make sure you've got a keeper. New regulations took effect in September, so... Read More
September 2009 The Rocks of Baffin Bay Amy Larimer | Upper Laguna Madre Ecosystem | Fish and Wildlife Technician | Corpus Christi Any angler familiar with the Baffin Bay area knows how dangerous and expensive encounters with the area's rocks and reefs... Read More