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ot long ago. I received a clipping in the mail from a long-time colleague in
Florida about Lake Fork. Readers of this issue of Texas Parks & Wildlife will
find, as my old friend did through the Palm Beach newspaper, that Fork is
the hottest bass lake in the country today. What caught his attention, though, and
made me very proud, was the Florida reporter's observation that fishing opportunities
like Lake Fork don't just happen. They are provided for you by what he described as
"the most aggressive fisheries managers in the United States ... the staff of the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department."
This fall, that san-e staff outdid itself by forging a unique partnership with two
foundations and an East Texas town to create yet another world-class facility in this
region of our state where freshwater fishing is already the finest in North America.
The project, to be located in Athens and called the Texas Freshwater Fishing Center,
will include a state-of-the-art hatchery, an educational center featuring aquaria, a
Fishing Hall of Fame and a historical museum. The new center is expected to attract
up to 100,000 visitors per year, produce 5 million largemouth bass per year and house
the department's highly successful Lone Star Lunker program, which gets Texas
anglers directly involved in producing trophy-sized fish for our inland waters.
And it will not cost the State of Texas one dime to build.
The city of Athens and private philanthropists will put up more than $4 million to
be matched by federal funds to generate the total project cost of some $12 million.
The project represents a partnership between the city of Athens, Operation Share a
Lone Star Lunker, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the newly
organized Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas, Inc., headed by former Commis-
sion Chairman Ed Cox, Jr.
The fisheries center project launches the Foundation on an incredible start in its
mission to provide private support for critical efforts of the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department. In less than a year Mr. Cox and his team have generated the largest
private contribution ever made to a fisheries project in Texas, and one of the largest
gifts to conservation ever made in the state. They have demonstrated the promise of
private sector support for conservation in Texas, and millions of future anglers will
be indebted to them. *
-Andrew Sansom, Executive DirectorIn February...
Dolan Fallson the DevilsRiver
north of Del Rio is the largest
waterfall in Texas that covers
the entire width of a river.
Next month we willfeature a
story on Devils River State
Natural Area, which is next
door to the Nature Conser-vancy of Texas's Dolan Falls Preserve. Together, some 40,000 acres of Southwest Texas have been set
aside, including Dolan Falls and a portion of the Devils River. Also in February we will have stories
on the East Texas white-tailed deer herd and some of the problems it faces, a visit to Longhorn Cavern
and lots more.January 1993, Vol. 51, No. 1
T E A S
PARKS WILDLIFE
Dedicated to the conservation and
enjoyment of Texas wildlife, parks,
waters and all outdoors.
G O V E R N O R O F T E X A S
Ann W. Richards
COMM ISS ION
Ygnacio Garza, Chairman ...................Brownsville
John Wilson Kelsev,Vice Chairman........Houston
Lee M . Bass .........................................Fort W orth
Henry C. Beck III ......................................... Dallas
Terese Tarlton Hershey .......................... Houston
George C. (Tim) Hixon .....................San Antonio
Chuck Nash .........................................San Marcos
Beatrice Carr Pickens ...................................Dallas
W alter limphrey ..................Beaumont
Perry R. Bass,Chairman Emeritus..Fort Worth
Andrew Sansom .......................Executive Director
M AG A Z I N E
David Baxter ....................................... Editor
Mary-Love Bigony ...........Managing Editor
Jim Cox.......... Senior Editor
Dwain Kelley................. Art Director
Marv Barminski ....Associate Art Director
Bill Reaves ...............................Photo Editor
Glen Mills ..............................Photographer
Chris Altendorf...........Circulation Director
Barbara Sloan..............Circulation Manager
Paulette Goertz ...................Office Manager
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