The mission of inland fisheries division is to provide the best possible fishing in texas whileprotecting and enhancing its freshwater aquatic resources to accomplish this the division isresponsible…

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department received a $9.9 million Sport Fish Restoration (CFDA 15.605) formula grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. This award supports the Inland Fisheries Division's core mission to manage and conserve freshwater sport fisheries, ecological resources, and aquatic habitats throughout Texas. Grant-funded activities encompass fish population and ecological surveys, development of science-based management plans, habitat enhancement coordination, stakeholder engagement to improve fishery resources and access, fisheries outreach programming, research collaboration, and administrative infrastructure to support these conservation efforts across the state's 17 million surface acres of public impoundments.

The Sport Fish Restoration program, financed through excise taxes on fishing equipment and motorboat fuel, supports state-level fisheries management activities including hatchery operations, fish stocking programs, angler education, and boat access infrastructure improvements. TPWD's formula allocation under this program reflects the state's eligible activities and participates in the federally established annual apportionment cycle managed by regional directors for continuing restoration and management of sport fish populations.

The mission of inland fisheries division is to provide the best possible fishing in texas whileprotecting and enhancing its freshwater aquatic resources to accomplish this the division isresponsible for management and conservation of the freshwater sport fisheries ecologicalresources and aquatic habitats in texas the divisions management and conservationbranch helps achieve this mission by conducting fish population and ecological surveysusing scientific survey data to develop management plans coordinating habitatenhancement efforts consulting with conservation partners and stakeholders to improvefishery resources and access conducting fisheries outreach conducting and collaboratingwith research and supporting and supplementing the infrastructure to administer theseefforts covered by this grant