Texas Project WILD

Hey WILD Facilitators! Are you joining us for the 2026 Project WILD Facilitator Forum in Bastrop on July 27 & 28?
We have an exciting lineup, and will be announcing them here over the next few weeks, so watch this space!

Brandi is one of approximately 100 active Texas Project WILD Facilitators around the state. This post gives some insight into the many hats that our workshop facilitators wear in addition to volunteering to add Project WILD to their busy schedues.

Thanks Brandi and all of the WILD Ones for sharing your knowledge with your communities!

Two opportunities to attend a Growing Up WILD training in June! Join us in Abilene or Fort Worth to receive training and your own cop of this early childhood curriculum.

Registration for these workshops closes next week. https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/project-wild-growing-up-wild-workshops

Happy . This week we go behind the scenes at a saltwater fish hatchery to learn more about current techniques used to raise fish before they are released.

Virtual Tour | CCA Marine Development Center In this video, we’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at what an average day working at one of TexasParks and Wildlife Department’s saltwater fish hatcheries loo...

We had a great Project WILD workshop hosted by Pflugerville Parks and Recreation yesterday. Windermere Park made a great location for these educators to learn new activities, practice their observation skills, and share their own knowledge with each other.

Upcoming WILD workshops in the Corpus Christi area! Thanks to the support of Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program - Nueces Delta Preserve these workshops are free to educators.

This week for WILD Wednesday, we look at Project WILD's 'A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words'. Check out this series of images of fish hatcheries and fish stocking through time. What do you and your students notice about the changes in equipment, technology, and access?

Happy - although Texas isn't known for salmon, we do have eels that move up and down our rivers. Learn more about their life cycle, and how Texans are looking at helping eels navigate around dams and other structures on our rivers.

Ancient Eeliens The American Eel is an elusive creature that starts and ends its’ life in the Sargasso Sea near the Bermuda Triangle. But in-between, its lifecycle is a neve...

Have you been trained in Project WILD, Aquatic WILD, Growing Up WILD or other Texas WILD workshop? We want to hear about how you've used the activities after your training.

Please complete the following survey by June 1 to be eligible for $200 in supplies from Acorn Naturalists or Nature-Watch.

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This week for WILD Wednesday, we encourage you to give your students an engineering challenge. Aquatic WILD's 'Dam Design' asks students to design a dam structure that allows for fish passage around it. What will your students come up with?