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Monday, June 03, 2013  The Texas Horned Lizard, commonly called the horny toad, thrives on Mary Jo Bogatto's Cactus Creek Ranch east of Rio Hondo where she has marked 23 harvester ant beds, which are the favorite food of Texas's state reptile.

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.

Friday, October 12, 2012  A farmer from Rio Hondo turned to Action 4 News after he lost almost half of his corn crop due to a ravenous flock of red-winged blackbirds.

Sunday, July 08, 2012  The big news on the fishing scene is that red snapper season in federal waters has been extended six days

Monday, June 04, 2012  A drainage ditch is supposed to help alleviate flood waters. But what happens when a ditch isn't properly maintained?

Monday, June 04, 2012  Cameron County officials and the Brownsville Economic Development Council want to lock-down a major project they said will bring hundreds of jobs and have a significant economic impact in the area.

Monday, April 30, 2012  The number 24, made out of Styrofoam cups, adorns Stell Middle School’s fence in Brownsville, while condolences are up on the school's marquis sign. It’s all to honor a 7th grader killed over the weekend.

Monday, April 30, 2012  The victim in a fatal jet ski accident has been identified as a student of Stell Middle School in Brownsville.

Sunday, April 29, 2012  The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department continues investigating a deadly jet ski crash Saturday on the Laguna Madre.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  Recognizing the need for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Unit agents, as cartels resort to their old techniques, the Brownsville Marine Unit got a $1.6 million facelift.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  A Brownsville animal control officer is suing the city of Brownsville, it’s city manager and the interim police.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  Contractors are working overtime to enlarge an artificial reef in the gulf  to quench the growing appetite for recreational fishing in south Texas.

Monday, February 14, 2011  A Winter Texan issued a Call 4 Action after visiting Boca Chica Beach only to find it littered with trash and seaweed.

Friday, February 11, 2011  Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens said that for the past few weeks they’ve handing out an unusually high number of citations to fishermen taking home undersized or just too many fish.

Monday, February 07, 2011  The recent freezing weather that coated the lower Valley in ice Friday morning and left road signs and brush strung with icicles took a deadly toll on fish and sea turtles in the Lower Laguna Madre that Texas Parks and Wildlife biologists are just beginning to assess.