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The CCC constructed the park road, camping loop, a fire watch tower, and the original trails. The park was constructed to be a part of the Texas Forest Service. It remained within the Texas Forest Service until 1957 when it was transferred to Texas Parks and Wildlife and renamed Mission Tejas State Park.
47,609 are located in Montgomery County, 59,746 acres in San Jacinto County, and 54,153 acres in Walker County. Operated under a memorandum of agreement with the US Forest Service. [55] Area 3 Sierra Diablo WMA Hudspeth County and Culberson County: 11,625 acres Acquired in 1945 as a sanctuary for the last remaining desert bighorn sheep in Texas ...
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department - Texas State Park List and Map; List of All Parks & Recreation Areas in Texas; Parks Under the Lone Star, an online exhibit by the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, includes archival film and video footage of more than 50 Texas parks.
TPWD publishes Texas Parks and Wildlife, a monthly magazine available both in print and online editions. The magazine features articles and full-color photos on topics such as birding, boating, camping, fishing, hunting, state parks, travel, wildlife, and environmental issues. Texas Parks and Wildlife has been in publication since 1942. [14]
According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the Smokehouse Creek Fire is only 3% contained and has covered an estimated 1.075 million acres. See map of Texas wildfires: The Smokehouse Creek Fire is ...
A campground was located in the eastern section of the park elevated approximately 140 feet (43 m) above Moon Lake. [3] The campground contained individual sites and tent/trailer sites. Some sites had been equipped with electric service. Others could accommodate larger RVs. Later, a Nature Education Center was built.
The national forest is managed on a multiple-use philosophy and are used for lumbering, grazing, oil production, hunting, and recreation. In fiscal year 1994, 93.8 million board feet of timber was harvested from the national forests in Texas, providing 2,098 jobs and $73,108,000 in income to the surrounding Texas communities.
In November, the Fifty-first Texas Legislature approved US$200,000 in funds for six Texas state parks, including Bastrop's. The funds were used to create campground sites; the first camp facility was made in Bastrop State Park with surplus buildings from Camp Swift, followed by Bonham, Caddo Lake, Cleburne, Fort Parker, and Lake Corpus Christi.