Trans-Pecos Wildlife Management Areas - Texas Parks and Wildlife

Trans-Pecos Wildlife Management Areas - Texas Parks and Wildlife Trans-Pecos wildlife management areas are dedicated to wildlife management, research, demonstration, and appropriate public use.

Our goals include developing, managing, and restoring wildlife habitats and populations of indigenous wildlife species, providing a site where research of wildlife populations and habitats can be conducted under controlled situations, and providing for public hunting and appreciative use of wildlife in a manner compatible with the resource. We also provide areas to demonstrate habitat development

and wildlife management practices to landowners and other interested groups, as well as a natural environment and facilities for use by educational groups, naturalists, and other professional investigators. If interested in visiting a Trans-Pecos WMA, please keep in mind that a permit (limited use or annual public hunting) and registration is required at the self-registration stations.

Black Gap road construction is completed. The road along the Maravillas is open and Fishing camps 3-25 are now accessib...
02/09/2026

Black Gap road construction is completed. The road along the Maravillas is open and Fishing camps 3-25 are now accessible. Thank you for your patience.

Congratulations to all of our public hunters as we wrap up the 2025 hunting season!
01/12/2026

Congratulations to all of our public hunters as we wrap up the 2025 hunting season!

12/04/2025
Quail Season Opens Saturday November 1, 2025This is a weekend later than past years.
10/20/2025

Quail Season Opens Saturday November 1, 2025

This is a weekend later than past years.

Attention Black Gap WMA Visitors:Black Gap WMA is undergoing major road construction along Maravillas Canyon. This const...
09/17/2025

Attention Black Gap WMA Visitors:

Black Gap WMA is undergoing major road construction along Maravillas Canyon. This construction will result in no access to Fishing Camps 3 through 25 for the next several months. Thank you for your patience while these much needed road improvements take place.

🎉 Thank You, Alpine! 🎉The Brewster County Chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation had an amazing turnout at its 2nd Annual B...
09/08/2025

🎉 Thank You, Alpine! 🎉

The Brewster County Chapter of the Mule Deer Foundation had an amazing turnout at its 2nd Annual Banquet! Folks from all over came out to support conservation, and the energy in the room was incredible.
🌟 Huge thanks to all the volunteers, the SRSU Range and Wildlife Club, and the community partners who made the night possible. Your support keeps Texas mule deer and their habitat thriving.
🎟️ Special shout-out to our Non-Typical Raffle grand prize winner, Raul Baeza! And of course, the biggest winner of the night: Texas mule deer. 🦌
We couldn’t do it without your support — see you next year!

This Saturday!! Call for event tickets or raffle tickets (need not be present to win)
09/04/2025

This Saturday!! Call for event tickets or raffle tickets (need not be present to win)

08/27/2025

There are more free-roaming aoudad west of the Pecos River in Texas alone than there are bighorn and desert bighorn sheep in Canada, Mexico, and the United States – over 100,000. Texas was home to more than 1,800 desert bighorn sheep just a decade ago. Now, there are only 400.

Desert bighorns in Texas are in jeopardy of being extirpated for a second time. The cause? Competition for forage and water, as well as disease from the invasive aoudad populations that were first introduced as a hunting species by TPWD in 1957 in the Palo Duro Canyon.

In this episode, Sheep Fever co-host and WSF President & CEO Gray N. Thornton discusses this issue and WSF’s new policy on aoudad with Texan WSF Director and Texas Bighorn Society immediate past president Sam Cunningham, TBS president and former WSF staffer Clay Brewer, and WSF COO and Executive Vice President of Conservation Corey Mason.

This is a great chance to learn about the Texas aoudad issue from some of the very best in the business.

Download or listen at the link below.

https://www.wildsheepfoundation.org/podcasts

Mark your calendars!
08/11/2025

Mark your calendars!

Remembering our Bighorn HeroesFive years ago, we lost 3 dedicated wildlife proffesionals in a tragic helicopter accident...
08/08/2025

Remembering our Bighorn Heroes

Five years ago, we lost 3 dedicated wildlife proffesionals in a tragic helicopter accident while they were doing what they loved - protecting nature. Their passion, courage, and commitment to conservation continues to inspire us every day.

Dewey Stockbridge, Brandon White, and Dr. Bob Dittmar

Better late than never, I apologize for the delay in congratulating our drawn hunter on this awesome ram!
08/08/2025

Better late than never, I apologize for the delay in congratulating our drawn hunter on this awesome ram!

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109 S. Cockrell
Alpine, TX
79830

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 4pm
Sunday 8am - 4pm

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