Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission – Commercial Gulf Shrimp Season Opens July 15th, 2026

Information below provided by TWPD News – Phone: (512) 389-8030 – Email: news@tpwd.texas.gov TEXAS COAST — The Gulf of America commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on July 15. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Coastal Fisheries Division uses data collected during routine bag seines and […]

SFA News – Asteroid Discovered at SFA Observatory Named in Honor of Late Astronomer Don Carona

Information below provided by Stephen F. Austin State University Marketing Communications – Phone: (936) 468-2605 – Email: umc@sfasu.edu NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– An asteroid discovered at the Stephen F. Austin State University Observatory in Nacogdoches in 1999 has been officially named Carona in honor of late Texas A&M University astronomer Don Carona. Image credit: Dr. Dan […]