More than 1.4 million plastic pellets have been collected in U.S. waterways since the citizen-led Nurdle Patrol project started in 2018.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Victoria office, 2805 N. Navarro St. will reopen Monday, according to a news release from the department.

September marks the start of dove season for more than 300,000 Texans who make up about one-third of dove hunters in the country.

The City of Victoria Environmental Services soon will launch a campaign educating residents that starting Sept. 1, anyone transporting garbage in a truck or trailer must secure their trash using a tarp, or they could face fines or citations.

Personal recreational red snapper season will close in federal waters at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 3, the Texas Department of Wildlife and Parks announced on Thursday.

Beaches along the Texas coast were mostly free of tourists when stay-at-home orders went into effect in March to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Some of Miranda Zepeda’s most cherished memories from growing up in Victoria include walking along the duck pond at Riverside Park.

Texas anglers will have to let go of southern flounder under 15 inches come Sept. 1.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and stakeholders have developed a plan to improve water quality in the upper half of Carancahua Bay.

The public is invited to attend a virtual meeting Thursday to discuss plans for improving water quality in part of Carancahua Bay.

From his tractor, Dwayne Kainer was spraying his cornfield when he noticed something moving out of the corner of his eye.

Alfred Boehl always brings a trash bag and gloves with him when he goes outside for his daily walk.

Formosa’s Point Comfort facility is the subject of a documentary in the new season of Netflix’s “Dirty Money,” premiering worldwide Wednesday.

Coastal fisheries staff with Texas Parks and Wildlife will be in Port Lavaca Tuesday evening to get input on proposed changes to saltwater fishing regulations.

SEADRIFT – John Pistone and RJ Shelly scanned the shoreline for abandoned crab traps Monday morning on a mirror-slick upper Hynes Bay.

Texas will soon have its own stake in the U.S. multimillion dollar oyster farming industry, and residents are eager to get the program started along the coastline – where the critical species is in alarming decline.

A ruptured line at an oilfield saltwater disposal site caused a spill of flammable liquid in Bloomington on Sunday night.

AUSTWELL – Tourists flock to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge during the winter to catch a glimpse of the whooping cranes, but this year a nesting pair of bald eagles is also drawing bird lovers in.

The state found Union Carbide Corporation’s Seadrift facility in violation of its discharge permits for letting plastic pellets and other solids seep into the Victoria Barge Canal.

Oysters do a lot for the Texas Coast – filter water, provide storm protection, sequester carbon and make for good eating, but the reefs are continuously disappearing.

Wendy Gordon did not shy away from one of the most politicized words in modern politics on Wednesday afternoon at the University of Houston — Victoria North building, where she kicked off a conversation about coastal resiliency.

The state fined the Placedo water district $1,544 Wednesday for failing to collect samples to test for lead and copper, comply with additional sampling requirements and deliver a Consumer Confidence Report to customers.

POINT COMFORT – Gusts reached up to 37 mph early Friday when environmental activists who recently made headlines across the U.S. unloaded kayaks on the side of SH35 by Formosa Outfall 006.

Wind carried the sharp smell of pine throughout the Renken’s Nursery parking lot Wednesday afternoon as Anabel Mondolfi tied down 17 Christmas trees to her flatbed trailer.

The Victoria Office of Emergency Management is hosting the National Weather Service-Corpus Christi in February for a Skywarn Storm Spotter training as part of the office’s 2020 training series.