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Monday, June 10, 2013  The sun is just peeking over the distant horizon as Captain Terry Neal makes his first wade.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  The National Audubon Society began its conservation work in Texas in 1899, making it the oldest citizen conservation group in the lone star state, and this year marks the 90th year of the organizations coastal conservation program.

Monday, May 20, 2013  The Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife has a big job, monitoring four million acres of saltwater, including the states bays and estuaries and out to ten nautical miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Dr. Bart Ballard, research scientist with Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M Kingsville, enters the University's state of the art avian radar detection system.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A phantom cat secretively stalks the remnants of thick thorny brush in southernmost Texas.

Monday, April 01, 2013  The reddish egrets have arrived, swooping in by the hundreds on Green Island.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Easter sunrise is fast approaching, and while it is early in the South Texas outdoors for most birds to be laying eggs some like the great blue heron are already incubating.

Monday, March 25, 2013  If you want to see an alligator at Alligator Pond on Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge east of Rio Hondo, then you are out of luck.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The majestic Ocelot is a small feline, found only in the South Texas area.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A teenager is facing criminal charges some two weeks after he escaped and a 16-year-old boy both escaped from facility for troubled teens.

Saturday, March 02, 2013  The serene sound of the water surrounds the Laguna Madre.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Winter Texans and other folks donate thousands of hours of time and volunteer work for local wildlife refuges.  Richard Moore introduces us to some dedicated volunteers at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

Friday, January 11, 2013  The Hidalgo County Drainage District is about to begin a multi-million dollar drainage project voters approved last November.

Monday, January 07, 2013  If you are want to enjoy the sights and sounds of wild geese, then Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is the place to go.  Richard Moore takes us out where the call of the wild resounds.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  Traffic has slowed down on the South Padre Island highway following a head-on collision that involved three vehicles.