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AUSTIN, Texas –After a nationwide search, Clayton Wolf has been selected to lead the Wildlife Division at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Wolf brings 20 years experience as a wildlife biologist in Texas, the last six as the agency’s big game program director. Headquartered in Austin, he begins his job Monday, Nov. 16.
“Clayton has demonstrated strong leadership skills and an inherent ability to develop consensus among diverse groups for the greater good of Texas wildlife,” said TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith. “He is a consummate conservation professional.”
As TPWD’s Big Game Program Director since 2003, Wolf has overseen management of Texas’ internationally-acclaimed white-tailed deer herd.
“Clayton's record of accomplishment in the big game program, coupled with his ‘can-do’ attitude and the trust and respect he has earned from private landowners, various constituent groups, and his professional colleagues, has well-equipped him to serve as Wildlife Division Director,” said Ross Melinchuk, TPWD Deputy Executive Director for Natural Resources.
During his tenure, Wolf guided expansion of buck antler restrictions designed to improve deer age class structure across more than 100 counties. He also coordinated with stakeholders and advisory groups to implement massive changes to the state’s deer breeder program and helped develop measures to protect Texas deer populations from diseases, such as Chronic Wasting Disease.
“With the continued increase in the state’s human population and urban sprawl, we have quite a challenge ahead of us,” Wolf said. “It is my goal as wildlife division director to help ensure our resources are focused on the things we do best -- working with private landowners and land managers to help them manage and conserve wildlife habitat. If we can do this successfully, and I know we can, we will be able to ensure that Texans continue to have places where they can enjoy Texas wildlife, whether hunting or wildlife viewing.”
Wolf began his career with TPWD in 1993 as a district biologist for the Pineywoods, where he helped implement a new habitat-driven permitting process for managing antlerless deer on private lands and assisted in the restoration effort for eastern wild turkey.
In 2001, Wolf became TPWD’s white-tailed deer program leader where he coordinated statewide activities related to management, regulations and research efforts.
Wolf received his Master’s degree from Texas A&M University and completed his undergraduate studies at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is a Certified Wildlife Biologist with The Wildlife Society. Are you kidding me ? NATIONWIDE SEARCH? And they couldn't find anyone that doesn't have such a pompus attitude when asking for public data, to suggest to see my DATA?? : IM NOT PASSING AN EXPERIMENT ...er. REGULATION From: Clayton Wolf >> To: Phish-TX ; Mitch Lockwood >> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:53 AM >> Subject: RE: Mitch......... >> >> Mr. PHish-TX: >> >> Please see my comments inserted below. Mr. Lockwood is an extremely busy person, so it might help expedite matters if you were to simply provide us the data and calculations you are using to substantiate your claims. >> >> Thanks, >> Clayton Wolf >> >> Big Game Program Director >> Texas Parks and Wildlife Department >> 111 E. Travis, Suite 200 >> La Grange, Texas 78945 >> 979-966-0388 Sorry Mr Wolf that "Daddy of Antler Restirictions" was already taken....But congrats I guess on the career move. Wonder what happened to Mr. Mike "Uhhh we don't do age surveys on live deer" Berger? Probably promoted too
"If age structure is deemed to be valuable to management,...What percentage change in age structure or condition does TPWD recognize that it needs to detect in order to trigger a regulatory change? TPWD
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Re: New Wildlife Division leader
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11/12/09 07:44 PM
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Come to think of it: Maybe Mr. Mike "Uhhh we don't do age surveys on live deer" Berger took the career advise I gave at a Public Hearing, when I suggessted that any TPWD biologist/personnel that wanted to manage deer antlers should go crawl behing a high fence somewhere in the private sector
"If age structure is deemed to be valuable to management,...What percentage change in age structure or condition does TPWD recognize that it needs to detect in order to trigger a regulatory change? TPWD
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Re: New Wildlife Division leader
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11/12/09 08:24 PM
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If you went looking in too many other states there would be a lot of liberal views assiociated with folks...
ARs are working in general so not a bad pick. I have met Wolf before and have nothing bad to say about him.
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If you went looking in too many other states there would be a lot of liberal views assiociated with folks...
ARs are working in general so not a bad pick. I have met Wolf before and have nothing bad to say about him. x2 and an excellent choice!
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Re: New Wildlife Division leader
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11/13/09 12:01 AM
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More liberal than "guiding the govmnt program" giving (antlers) to those who don't want to go get 'em themselves ???????
He is too liberal as it is!!
"If age structure is deemed to be valuable to management,...What percentage change in age structure or condition does TPWD recognize that it needs to detect in order to trigger a regulatory change? TPWD
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Re: New Wildlife Division leader
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More liberal than "guiding the govmnt program" giving (antlers) to those who don't want to go get 'em themselves ???????
He is too liberal as it is!!
If hunters in some of those counties would have taken the initiative to manage their deer herds and not be shooting everything with hair on it these restrictions would have never gotten rolling. Since the hunters couldnt manage themselves then TPWD is having to...
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Re: New Wildlife Division leader
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If hunters in some of those counties would have taken the initiative to manage their deer herds and not be shooting everything with hair on it these restrictions would have never gotten rolling. Since the hunters couldnt manage themselves then TPWD is having to...
Oh OK, that is just like: If people in some of those cities would have taken the initiative to manage their lives and and gotten a job, fed their children, healthcare/etc. these restrictions or Taxes would have never gotten rolling. Since the people couldnt manage themselves then a Govmnt program is having to...Makes perfect scense.
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"If age structure is deemed to be valuable to management,...What percentage change in age structure or condition does TPWD recognize that it needs to detect in order to trigger a regulatory change? TPWD
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Great news. But I guess Clayton will be moving to Austin and leaving La Grange. Congratualtions to him on a job well done.
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