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Late in the Texas deer season, the calendar can quietly shift under your boots. You may think you have one more weekend to sit a favorite sendero, only to realize the legal window closed days earlier ...

A 6,400-acre ranch in East Texas recently sold under a conservation easement, marking an unusual sale in the Texas land business. The Bobcat Ridge Ranch, east of Palestine on the Neches River, ...

Even with huge rain events, 2025 was still a below-average year for the San Antonio area. As the drought passes five years, ...

The ranch was famous for its Angora goat breeding operation.

The legendary Champion Angora Ranch near Sonora, Texas, is now available for purchase. Spanning 4,795 pristine acres in the heart of "Stockman's Paradise," this storied Sutton County estate represents ...

Texas is ramping up preparations to meet the looming invasion of New World screwworm, a parasitic fly threatening the state’s multibillion-dollar livestock industry. The insect is typically found in ...

The administration is also transferring public land to the Defense Department.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe aims to expand its buffalo herd from 324 to over a thousand, revitalizing their economy, land, ...

As they return buffalo herds to tribal lands and restore native ecosystems, Thompson says Native communities are “gaining ...

When he was 12 the author shot a limit of ring-necks when he was hunting for wigeon. It wasn’t the last time divers turned a slow day of duck hunting into a memorable one. The season might be over, ...

Invasive species are imported as livestock, pets and attractions in zoos. Some hitch rides on plants, on the bottom of a boot, in the ballast of ships. Then they wreak havoc. Here's how we're ...