Powderhorn Wildlife Management Area

Got Land? The Making of Palo Pinto Mountains and Other New Texas State Parks

May 20, 2021 | By Pam LeBlanc

Seventy-five miles west of Fort Worth, a hilly parcel of ranchland is making the transformation into the first new state park since the birding hotspot of Resaca de la Palma swung open its gates near Brownsville in 2008.

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