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Catherine Cuellar, KERA 90.1 reporter: Texas Parks and Wildlife urban biologist John Davis works at Cedar Hill State Park among native trees and grass. He believes this type of vegetation can help solve the region's drought problems...Cuellar: Part of Davis' job is to educate the public about conservation. The American Society of Landscape Architects is trying to do the same. Janna Tidwell is the society's DFW section chair. Janna Tidwell, landscape architect: It's just become habit that we all like nice, neat, maintained green lawns with the perfectly manicured, trimmed hedges and I think we're really getting to the point where we're going to have to minimize the amount of lawn that we have in our landscapes.
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The Inland Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department manages the freshwater fishery resources of the state. This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, creel surveys, work plans on watershed development and flood prevention measures, site surveys and maps, development plans, federal aid reports, reports by TPWD biologists and other staff, reports by other entities (state agencies, university staff, etc.), surveys of fish populations, vegetation surveys, fisheries surveys, fisheries management plans, publications, clippings, monthly bulletins, fisheries investigations, studies, operating procedures, manuals, hatchery plans and budgets, maps, specifications, culture plans and production guidelines for several species, photographs, slides, and negatives. The files document activities at particular lakes, reservoirs, a few freshwater tributaries, state fish hatcheries, and construction of the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center. Records are dated 1937-1995, bulk 1953-1986.
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The Parks and Wildlife Commission governs the agency. It was initially composed of three members, increased to six members in 1972, and as of 1983, contains nine members, appointed by the Governor with approval of the Senate. Members serve six-year overlapping terms. The Governor appoints the chair. The Commission meets quarterly or more often as needed, primarily to adopt policies and rules to carry out the programs of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
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Smith was named to the Texas Parks and Wildlife post today during a special meeting of the TPW Commission in San Antonio. The commission took action to accept the recommendation of a search committee for the position in a public meeting after discussing the issue in executive session.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife's Hunter Education Program stresses developing good hunting skills as well as responsible, safe bow and firearm handling. Students ... learn game management techniques, ethics and wildlife natural history. More than 2,900 game wardens, volunteers and professional educators certify approximately 30,000 hunter education students each year.
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Ms Nelson-Carr said Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service managed the project and considerable efforts were made to prepare the ship for sinking and select the final scuttling location, to ensure that there were no impacts on sensitive marine habitats. "Following the sinking, a 35 hectare area incorporating the wreck was dedicated as the Ex-HMAS Brisbane Conservation Park to help ensure that the cultural values of the site are protected and managed into the future," Ms Nelson-Carr said. "The project has ... boosted local marine biodiversity, with the wreck now covered in marine growth and a myriad of marine life. The site has also become a focus of attention for educational and research institutions. The University of the Sunshine Coast and the Queensland Museum have already undertaken a survey of marine flora and fauna colonisation of the wreck, with funding from the QPWS. The QPWS is encouraging further research, including a proposed socio-economic study of the benefits to the community from creation of the dive site."
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