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Feds seize 1,250 pounds illegally caught fish off South Padre Island

The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations alongside the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens seized about 1,250 pounds of illegally caught red snapper from Mexican fishermen on March 5.

SpaceX, TPWD Boca Chica land swap approved despite opposition

During a special meeting Monday, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to authorize TPWD Executive Director David Yoskowitz to pursue acquisition of about 477 acres near the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge-Bahia Grande Unit in exchange for approximately 43 acres from Boca Chica State Park.

TPWD schedules SpaceX Boca Chica land swap meeting; seeks public comment

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is soliciting public comment on a proposed land swap involving SpaceX, approximately 477 acres south of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Bahia Grande Unit, and approximately 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park.

‘Blindsided’ Cameron County sought to buy land proposed in TPWD, SpaceX land swap

A proposed deal for the state to give SpaceX 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park in exchange for 477 acres near Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge was the "best kept secret in Texas" until it appeared as Item 9 on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission's Jan. 25 meeting agenda.

Cameron County gets $750,000 grant for Santa Maria community park

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has awarded $750,000 for development of the Santa Maria Community Park under the Non-Urban Outdoor Local Park Grant Program.

TPWD Commission withdraws SpaceX land swap item from meeting

A resolution to approve a land swap between SpaceX and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Cameron County was withdrawn from the agenda of the TPWD Commission’s Jan. 25 regular meeting in Austin.

Sierra Club asks TPWD to delay vote on SpaceX land swap at Boca Chica

The Sierra Club is urging the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to delay a vote Thursday on a proposed land swap SpaceX has requested involving its Starbase production and testing complex at Boca Chica.

TPWD to consider land swap with SpaceX at Boca Chica

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Commission on Jan. 25 will consider exchanging 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park for 477 acres of land on Highway 100 between Laguna Vista and Laguna Heights from SpaceX.

Harlingen’s Vestal Park might get first trail as city reviews proposed projects

HARLINGEN — Neighborhoods around Vestal Park might be getting their first trail, a 6.2-mile asphalt ribbon tying much of the area together.

Cameron County to update parks master plan

Cameron County Commissioners Court has authorized a five-year update to its Comprehensive Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan.