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Whether it's a refreshing swim in the crystal clear Frio River and horseback riding trails in the Palo Duro Canyon, Texas is home to 95 different state parks, historic sites and natural areas that offer excursions to the Texans and million people who visit our state each year beauty texas.

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Department of Parks and Wildlife (TPWD), an agency with a rich history to protect beauty texas, nurture and develop the land and the vibrant wildlife of Texas.

Fishing and hiking to paddling and camping parks in Texas offer economic activities for tourists, families beauty texas, students and outdoor enthusiasts throughout the year. Each spring, Lyndon B. Johnson State Park is painted with colorful Texas wildflowers. Visitors can swim, fish, hike and picnic in the beautiful backdrop of spring with bison.

Texas Longhorns and buffalo. The park also has an impressive visitor center beauty texas, including memories of the time of President Johnson in the office.

During the summer, the possibilities are endless for Texans seeking a break from the sweltering heat beauty texas.

TPWD has more than 50 children designated trails to enjoy more than 200 lakes in Texas, 190.000 miles of rivers and 300 miles of shoreline beauty texas. Many parks offer pedals, canoe, kayak rentals and jackets.

At Mustang Island State Park, kayaking, bird watching and fishing paddle trails that pass through one of the few habitats of the uninhabited islands of the Gulf Coast of Texas. Towering dunes protect the flora and fauna of the island of Mustang beauty texas, including reeds, cattails and more than 400 species of birds.

Each fall, fall foliage adorn parks statewide, red leaves of maple and orange majestic bigtooth the Lost Maples State Natural Area beauty texas with golden aspens Daingerfield State Park in eastern Texas.

During the cold winter temperatures, nature trails and routes are not lacking in the parks of Texas. Serious hikers enjoy the 19,000 Rancherias backpacking loop through Big Bend Ranch State Park, which takes them through the canyons beauty texas, on the crests and flattened hills called pods.

Fredericksburg is home to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area beauty texas, which focuses on an enormous pink granite rock that rises 425 meters above the floor of the second largest formation of its kind in the country.

Legend has it that the Indians Tonkawa name of a Spanish conquistador cast a spell on the formation beauty texas and caused the fire magic to shine on top.

In Texas, we do things bigger and better beauty texas, and this is no exception when it comes to our national parks. I commend the Department of Parks and Wildlife over 50 years of careful preservation of our precious land, and I encourage all Texans to enjoy the natural beauty of our extensive network of parks offer.