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				The Dead Zone Texas Parks and Wildlife An oxygen-starved, sealife-killing zone the size of New Jersey appears each summer in the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana. If this blight continues to grow, it could soon threaten the entire Texas coast. Population Growth and Outdoor America: A Wing And A Prayer The Izaak Walton League of America June Osborne had hopes that spring day that a golden-cheeked warbler would visit her specially designed water drip made from jugs set up near the banks of the Sabinal River in Texas. Osborne is a birding guide in the Texas Hill Country. She helps dedicated birding enthusiasts get a glimpse of his little bird whose numbers are threatened. Texas: On The Coast - The Redfish Are Back Fly Rod & Reel The specks and reds are back in numbers not seen in decades in shallow estuaries and channels and Gulf passes along the 370-mile Texas coast. An ambitious marine hatchery program -designed to supplement and enhance existing game fish stocks - is getting the credit for the resurgence, along with a ban on commercial netting, tighter size and bag limits, and a string of mild winters. Tarpon Research: Finally Under Way Tide magazine Whether a broad-shouldered, silver plated giant looming out of the night to gulp air in front of the Pier House in Key West, a dozen six-footers streaming across a grass flat at Islamorada, or a four-pound chico crashing a popper next to the mangroves in a Venezuelan laguna, few sights are more energizing to salt water anglers than the appearance of tarpon. The State of Bays: The Broken Marsh Texas Parks and Wildlife Built on a foundation of thick, rich alluvial soil, surrounded by thousands of acres of virgin marshes and blessed with generous rainfall and life-giving inflows from two powerful rivers, the Sabine Lake estuary was born with special privileges. When its rainfall, river flows and marine waters are allowed to co-exist in a natural balance, the bond between the estuary's sweetwater marshes and the salt flows of the Gulf sustains a masterpiece of plant and animal life, making Sabine Lake a wilderness like no other on the Texas Coast. Proving a Point at Purtis Creek Fly Fishing Quarterly Fly fishing outfitter Ed Spencer has journeyed to South America in search of peacock bass, to Canada for brookies, and to Alaska for rainbows, silvers and kings. But on this spring morning he appears totally absorbed casting a hard-bodied popper from a float tube on a 355-acre lake only a 90-minute drive from his North Dallas store. Marine Meadows Texas Parks & Wildlife The lean figure on the poling platform freezes like a bird dog on point. Speaking in hushed tones to his companion on the bow, he points out a redfish moving into view on a shallow Aransas Bay grass flat. When the fish puts its head down to root for crabs and shrimp, the caster flicks a gold spoon a few feet away. The redfish sees the flashing lure and wallops it in a boiling strike. When the fight is over, the fish is revived at boatside and released. The wide-shouldered red makes a gentle wake as it swims away, fading into the lush dark bottom of the grass flat.