Backcountry Hunters & Anglers - Texas Chapter

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Feb

2020

Texas Chapter Newsletter - February 2020

Author: Jake Walker
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Jan

2020

First Confirmed Case of CWD found in Val Verde County

Author: Jake Walker
State officials detected chronic wasting disease in a free-ranging, 5 1/2 -year-old whitetail doe last month between Del Rio and Amistad Reservoir, making it the first confirmed case of the disease in Val Verde County. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) have designated roughly 250 sq. miles of land around Lake Amistad National Recreation Area and Del Rio as a CWD Surveillance Zone, according to a TPWD news release. About 3,500 acres of ...
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Jan

2020

Texas Chapter Stands for Public Ownership of Wildlife

By Rich Rosenthal Conservationists celebrated a legal victory over captive deer breeding operations after a Texas appeals court reaffirmed the public ownership of wildlife, thanks in part to efforts from Texas BHA and other like-minded conservation organizations. The opinion made by the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, affirmed the trial court’s decision in Bailey, Peterson v. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. In the case, owners of a deer-breeding operation sued the state, arguing ...
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10

Dec

2019

Texans Vote to Increase State Parks Funding

Author: Jake Walker
In a show of support for the wild places and history of Texas, voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 5 at the polls earlier this month — dedicating much needed funding to parks and historical sites statewide. Proposition 5 added language to the Texas Constitution to automatically dedicate revenue from the sales tax on sporting goods to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Texas Historical Commission (THC). State law prior to the vote on Nov. 5 simply allowed lawmakers to ...
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25

Sep

2019

Texas Conservation Projects Stand to Benefit from LWCF

US Department of Interior announces $170.6 Million in grants to support state parks and outdoor recreation through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Texas outdoor recreation and conservation projects to receive over $9 Million of non-taxpayer dollars from the LWCF On September 5, 2019, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced $170,623,713 million in grants from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to all 50 States, five U.S. territories, and the District of ...
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Aug

2019

Texas BHA Public Walk-in Access Adoption program

The Texas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (TX BHA) adopts 11 public hunting areas in the Lubbock, TX area Since 1987, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has offered the Annual Public Hunting (APH) Permit, a low-cost permit providing Texas hunters with access to over 180 hunting areas to hunt whitetail deer, feral hogs, dove, quail, waterfowl, turkey and more. A popular component of the Public Hunting Program includes acreage leased by TPWD from cooperating private ...
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Aug

2019

Texas Reaches for 2,000 Members with Summer Membership Giveaway

Everything's bigger in Texas right?  Well, unfortunately, the Texas chapter of BHA is only the 9th largest chapter in North America and that's just not good enough for us!  Although we don't expect to become THE largest chapter by year-end, we're not going to waste any time!  We're happy to announce our 2019 Membership Drive.  With your help in buying or renewing your own membership, buying a gift membership, or forwarding this email to friends, we're confident we'll have a Texas-sized ...
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9

Aug

2019

Texas BHA Launches R3 Program

Author: Texas BHA
There are many potential barriers to becoming a hunter in Texas. Some of them perceived, yet some are very real. Despite these challenges, hunter recruitment is an important priority for TX BHA, especially the recruitment of conservation-minded hunters like ourselves. With that said, research has shown that mentored hunting programs that target adults, rather than youth, are most efficient at achieving increased hunter participation rates. Given the passion, expertise, and motivation of our ...
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Jul

2019

Texas Court Rules in Favor of Hunters, Wild Deer

Texas Court Decision Reaffirms Public Ownership of Wildlife in Peterson v. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department et al. The Texas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers participates in supporting TPWD with an important win to retain public ownership of wildlife On June 28, 2019, the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, affirmed the lower court’s decision in the Peterson v. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department dispute concerning the private ownership of captive deer. The dispute between a ...
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Jul

2019

Texas BHA Supports Sporting Goods Sales Tax Constitutional Amendment

The Texas chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) supports a constitutional amendment dedicating the Texas Sporting Goods Sales Tax to state & local parks On November 5, 2019, Texans will decide on a ballot measure to amend the Texas Constitution to constitutionally dedicate the Sporting Goods Sales Tax to our Texas state and local parks.  If approved, the amendment will permanently dedicate revenue from the existing sales tax on sporting goods to the Texas Parks and Wildlife ...
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