Rep. Pat Curry, a Waco Republican, filed a bill on March 13 to eliminate Texas Parks and Wildlife and move its duties to other state departments in response to the department’s handling of chronic ...

These Texas state parks are great alternatives to the more popular (and more expensive) national parks in Texas!

Depending on the weather, one of Texas’ many state parks may be just what you’re ... Cedar Hill State Park feels like “a world away from the city,” TPWD says. The park includes a lake ...

One of the most popular state parks in Texas is poised to double in size following ... County it previously leased for Lake Colorado City State Park. Months earlier, in March, commissioners ...

House Bill 4938, filed March 13 and sponsored by Rep. Pat Curry (R-Waco), seeks the “abolishment of the Parks and Wildlife Department and the Parks and Wildlife Commission,” the bill reads.

The dining scene across Texas is also pretty robust thanks to the state's signature barbecue and Tex-Mex cuisine. Plus, with 89 state parks ... and culturally rich city in the downtown area ...

If I had any complaint about Texas’ state ... the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund created in 2023, the 100-year anniversary of the state park system. Using the same fund the agency has also ...

Protestors showed their support for national parks in San Antonio, Texas, during Saturday's 'Protect our Parks' demonstration ...

Our 89 state parks welcome more than 9 million visitors each year." TPWD also noted that the Sunset Advisory Commission for the Texas legislature already evaluated their department in 2021.

A Texas representative serving on a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)-style committee has filed a bill that would shutter the state’s parks ... and city officers on a ...