Join TPWF at the $100 level or more, and you will receive exclusive new Keeping it Wild gear from our friends at Turtlebox and YETI so you can show off your support of Texas’ wild things and wild places! Join today:

Local actions, Gulf-wide impact. Thanks to 40+ cleanup partners (including yours truly!) across Texas we’re turning the tide on trash. Join us: #TrashFreeGulf #TurningTheTideTogether #OurTexasOurFuture

Join us at the annual @EarthX 2025 on 4/23 for a one-day conference, "New Perspectives on Texas Conservation," celebrating Texas' natural resources while also addressing concerns about our wild things & wild places. Register with discount code "Harte10" 

The first day of spring is here! We're excited to welcome the warmer temps in the coming weeks and enjoy the sights and sounds of our wild things and wild places!. Photo: Earl Nottingham

Sustaining the Gear Up for Game Wardens program ensures TPWF can manage the program and continue purchasing the specialty equipment @TexasGameWarden need to effectively protect the lands, waters, wildlife, and people of Texas. Become a Friend today!

With a combination of refurbished and brand new, the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center renovation is making progress and inching towards completion. Their goal is to reopen in late-spring of 2025. Learn more here:

Donate to TPWF by 12 31, and all gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar, doubling the impact of your gift. When you support TPWF you bolster truly transformational efforts to conserve our lands, waters, and wildlife. Donate today:

TPWF invests in projects that literally breathe new life into Texas and since 1991, we have invested more than $250 million to conserve our state’s lands, waters & wildlife. Learn how you can help transform Texas, both now and for future generations.

We hope you will consider making a year-end gift to TPWF this #GivingsTuesday to sustain our efforts and further our work. And if you donate by Dec. 31, your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar, DOUBLING THE IMPACT of your gift. Give today:

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for you and your unyielding support of our wild things and wild places. Photo Credit: CHARLES LAWRENCE /

Thank you, Veterans, for your sacrifice for our great country. Today we pause to reflect and honor you. #VeteransDay

As the ripple effect of our work touches future generations, so too does it extend to all that we hold dear: our native wildlife, our iconic landscapes, and the waters that bring it all to life. Learn more about our work:

Do you have plans to kick off the 2024 Deer Season this weekend?  Wishing you happy hunting tomorrow and all season long!

Happy Halloween! Have you seen any "spooky" wild things or been to any "scary" wild places lately? Let us know in the comments below!

Photo by: Jonathan Vail Photography. #pollinatorsandprairies #keepingitwild #keeptexaswild. @TPWDnews.Wildlife Habitat Federation.@NPATexas .@texaswildlife .@WildflowerCtr .@NPSOT.

. bees and other vital pollinators. The program is generously supported by presenting sponsor @HEB, with additional support from @Phillips66co. Learn more about this exciting new program: (3/4).

. conservation action. We’re working with dedicated conservation partners to increase healthy prairie habitat and pollinator populations, encouraging Texans to plant native grasses and wildflowers, and funding critical research to guide management strategies for native. (2/4).

TPWF is thrilled to announce the launch of the new Pollinators & Prairies program to help our native pollinators and prairies thrive. Pollinators & Prairies is conserving Texas’ vital native pollinators and iconic grasslands through research, outreach, and on-the-ground. (1/4)

Let's start this week off with a little game. can you name this state park location?

Texas is full of magnificent landscapes and landmarks that can be easily identified based on their unique characteristics. One of the many beautiful places to visit is the Lighthouse of Palo Duro Canyon. Have you ever visited? Let us know in the comments below.