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TPWD outlines river restoration and wildlife recovery work after Hill Country floods
Summary
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department told the committee it will refocus biologists, hold public scoping meetings and use farm‑and‑ranch conservation and landowner programs to support riparian and river corridor restoration after the floods.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials told the House Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee that fish and wildlife populations in Hill Country streams are resilient after flash flooding but that habitat recovery will require targeted restoration work and landowner partnerships.
"Fish are gonna be fine at a population level so long as we can help those river corridors recover," Tim Birdsong, director of TPWD's Inland Fisheries Division, said during his testimony. Birdsong described tagging studies…
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