Welcome to the TPWD series which stands for Tom Plays With Ducks. Tom, aka Electric Water Boy, gave me the idea for the name since he had worked for TPWD, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and I currently do. This is a geo-art series containing 24 puzzle caches and 1 wherigo cache. The series has 3 main categories: wildlife, state parks in Texas and lakes in Texas. TEN of the puzzle caches are GADGET caches, all found in AMMO CANS. The difficulty rating is higher on the gadgets because you have to solve the puzzle and actual gadget cache. You must sign all logs to get credit for the cache. Good luck!
**All certitude keywords will have NO spaces and they will all be lower-case.**
The Puzzle
In 1972, Texas State Railroad, 26 miles of abandoned railroad between Rusk and Palestine, was transferred to the department. Dinosaur Valley State Park opened to the public. Two new state park sites, two new historic sites and additions were made to several existing parked which totaled to more than 2,300 acres of new park acquisitions. Total park acreage was 63,401.
In 1973, three new parks were acquired: Mustang Island, Sea Rim and Sabinal Canyon for a total of 19,420 acres. Total park acreage was 83,923.
In 1974, one new state park site, two new historic sites and several additions to existing parks were acquired for a total of 3,161 acres. Total park acreage was 86,984.
In 1975, Three new state park sites, one new historic site are added to existing parks for a total of 24,186 acres. Total park acreage was 111,170. Galveston Island State Park opened to the public.
In 1976, a major Houston area park was among three new sites acquired. In addition, five new historical sites, one new fishing pier and additions to existing parks were also acquired for a total of 6,941 new acres. Total park acreage was 116,942. McKinney Falls State Park, Martin Creek State Park, and Fairfield Lake State Park opened to the public.
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