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People releasing fish from a box
March 2022 Issue

Tour the Texas Hatcheries That Raise Millions of Fish

Many bass, catfish, catfish and seatrout start here, and most hatcheries welcome visitors.

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Man holding a fish by its mouth on a fishing pier.
June 2022 Issue

June 4 Is Free Fishing Day

Give angling a whirl or jump back in.

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store guns safely in a green gun safe
January/February 2024 Issue

Store Your Gun Safely

Proper storage keeps guns out of the wrong hands.

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Rockport Art Book with a blue cover showing boats on a lake and pelicans in the water
January/February 2023 Issue

Rockport Book Chronicles Texas Sporting Art

Coastal town's creative spirit produced a colony of artists.

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A renovated structure at the Washington on the Brazos Historic Site.
December 2025 Issue

Washington-on-the-Brazos Welcomes Visitors After Renovation

The update transforms how visitors experience the state’s founding story.

Story by Texas Parks and Wildlife
Sign outside the Independence-Hall-exhibit
March 2022 Issue

Texas Was Born in a Log Cabin

Washington-on-the-Brazos marks the day 59 delegates declared independence in an unfinished room.

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Kevin Legrow In a tan cowboy hat helping other TPWD staff with an orange blindfold and a tag that reads 19
July 21, 2026

From Mortgage Banker to Wildlife Technician

How one man made a radical career change.

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a brown and tan bird on a branch with a red berry in its beak
January/February 2019 Issue

Yaupon Holly and Possumhaw Brighten the Winter Landscape

Red berries from the small trees feed birds and mammals.

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close up on a Swanflower the host plant for Pipevine Swallowtails
May 2020 Issue

Swanflowers Serve as Hosts to Pipevine Swallowtails

Inconspicuous plant sports an orchid-like bloom; butterflies feast on it.

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onion plant stalks
November 2019 Issue

Use Your Nose to Find Wild Onions

Texas has 14 species of this edible plant.

Story by Texas Parks and Wildlife