August 4-5 at Galveston Island State Park. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be conducting a workshop that will turn any novice into a burgeoning, dyed in the wool woodsman. $55 for a mere up to eight people, families can learn from TPWD park rangers the basics of setting a tent, tips and tricks on how to have a great time tent camping, the safe way to use a lantern and a stove and more.

All equipment is provided and sponsored by Toyota these events. From recent years, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) saw a decline in tent campers and found out many Texans just don’t possess the skills their fathers did. To combat what has been termed Nature Deficit Disorder, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has set up the workshops to get families back in touch with nature.

Contact Information:
Contact #: 512-389-8903
If interested, please call the contact no. to register, don’t wait too long as there will only be 16 families per workshop.

There has been a change for this year’s drawn public hunts for those of us who hunt on public land. New to the reservation, applications can be submitted online. Instead of waiting for the application book to come in the mail, you can log onto TPWD’s Official Web Site and Submit your application there.

For those who are not familiar with TPWD’s drawn hunts:
TPWD, offer an opportunity to be selected to hunt prime quality land for a rock-bottom minimum of cost compared to booking on outfitter. The selections are made “lottery style” via computer. Hunter will wait for the selection process to occur for those who wishes to participate enters areas and a date he wishes to hunt.

They receive bonuses for the highest hunter success rate from the staff for these hunts if is genuinely interested in the success of hunters.

Lanterns is safety in using a lighting at night on a camping trip. Clean up regularly will improve fuel efficiency and flame control, and prevent corrosion or rust. The important thing when it goes into storage after the camping season, a lantern should be cleaned.

Lanterns should be:
* wiped out with warm water and diswashing soap

* dried before storing

Coleman is suggested equipment for camping trip in safety storage and care tips. It can help keep a lantern in good condition between extended uses.

- Storing the lanterns should be put in a plastic bag after cleaning; seal the bag with a twist tie to prevent the insects from crawling in the unit.

- Transfer the fuel out of the fuel tank and into a fuel can if the lanterns uses liquid fuel. To preven a lacquer buildup on tha tank’s fuel tube. Storing an appliance with fuel in the tank can eventually cause a buildup on the fuel tube, and restricts fuel flow.

- At least twice a year for oil the pump cup on the lantern tanks pump plunger with a light machine oil. This will seal the cup against the inside of the pump barrel, and help ensure the pump will push air into the tank properly.