AUSTIN, Texas — Hurricane Ike, which devastated communities and residents of the upper Texas Gulf coast Sept. 12-13 may ultimately prove beneficial to the marine organisms that also call the area home.
That’s the preliminary conclusion of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Fisheries Division biologists.
“We may have some initial mortality due to black water,” said [...]
October 3, 2008 | Posted in
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has closed Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge until further notice due to the impact of Hurricane Ike.
The coastal refuge, just south of LA 82, includes acres in Cameron and Vermilion parishes. Ike’s winds and storm surge damaged the refuge offices, lab areas, dormitories and equipment storage buildings, which had [...]
September 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Weekly migratory bird hunting reports are posted from early September through early February.
North Zone Dove: Best hunts have come around sunflowers and milo. Good hunts were posted near Sweetwater and Abilene. Soybeans in the northeast corner of the state have held birds. Amarillo and Dumas have had good hunts over milo, corn and watering holes. [...]
September 17, 2008 | Posted in
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