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Native American woman dressed in colorful cultural attire dancing at the annual Powwow.
November 2025 Issue

Austin’s Annual Powwow Brings Color, Connection and Community to the Heart of Texas

The event features vendors, food and traditional dance.

Story by Rachel Caldwell Hill
Person in blue shirt with a white hat looking at the canyon wall pictographs at the Lower Pecos Canyonlands
October 2025 Issue

The Walls of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands Contain Priceless Pictographs

The Lower Pecos harbors our continent’s ‘first books.’

Story by Dale Weisman
Two archeologists in-between boulders photographing pictographs on rock
October 2025 Issue

Recording Rock Imagery at Hueco Tanks State Park

The first comprehensive rock art survey at Hueco Tanks has yielded unrecorded pictograph panels.

Story by Eva Frederick
Two hikers walk through large trees on a trail to El Camino Real
July 2025 Issue

Walk in the Footsteps of El Camino Real Travelers on This New Trail

The Rancheria Grande trail is one of the only places where Texans can follow the historic route.

Story by Robyn Ross
rock-shelter
March 2025 Issue

Big Bend Discovery Yields Secrets of an Ancient Hunt

Hunting kit found in a cave offers a vivid glimpse into the region's history.

Story by Louie Bond
A peregrine falcon takes flight from Matthew Reidy's hand.
January/February 2025 Issue

Meet the Falconers, Who Hunt With the Help of Birds of Prey

The ancient art of falconry takes flight in the modern world.

Story by Joseph Richards
A painting of Native Americans in front of a Comanche marker tree
December 2024 Issue

Comanche Nation Works to Find, Preserve Ancient Marker Trees

Hundreds of years ago, marker trees served as directionals on trails and toward water sources.

Story by John Spaulding
Cowboy poets circle around a campfire to share their poems
November 2024 Issue

Cowboy Poetry Encompasses the Beauty, Melancholy and Fun of the Range

This oral tradition springs from the trail-driving days of the 1870s.

Story by Eva Frederick
Exterior of Port Lavaca's Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse
July 2024 Issue

Port Lavaca Lighthouse Provides Unexpected Surprises

Halfmoon Reef structure is the oldest surviving wooden lighthouse in Texas.

Story by Jen Shugert
Texas State Parks centennial time capsule
May 2024 Issue

State Park System Marks Centennial With Time Capsule

Each park chose a representative object to go in commemorative box.

By Rachel Caldwell Hill
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The October 2024 cover of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine, featuring a surfer riding a wave along the Texas Gulf Coast

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