The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District welcomes you to Wright Patman Lake, located in Texarkana, Texas. Our mission: supply water to the city of Texarkana and to provide flood control for the Sulphur and Red River. Camping, fishing, hunting, boating, and hiking are just the beginning of the activities available in the parks and other public lands.

The Recreation.gov website has an entirely new look with features including simplified search capabilities, enhanced content and streamlined Google maps.  Visitors to the website can now do much more than make reservations for camping, tours and tickets at federal facilities.  The Corps has almost 30,000 reservable campsites in Recreation.gov and there is a wealth of information about Corps water resources projects.  More details on the new features added to the Recreation.gov website may be found under the “New Look! New Features!” Tab located at the top right hand corner of Recreation.gov home page.  We hope you take some time to explore the new Recreation.gov website, and better yet, we hope you find some great new places to get out and Explore Your America!  http://www.recreation.gov

Facility Closure Report:

Northshore Beach is Closed for Season. All Hunting Access Roads are Closed for Season. Only Roads that are Accessbile Year Round Will Be Open. BURN BANS ARE LIFTED FOR BOTH BOWIE AND CASS COUNTIES. ATTENTION ALL ANGLERS VISITING WRIGHT PATMAN LAKE AND DAM ASIAN BIGHEAD CRAP HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO BE IN THE WATERS OF THE SULPHUR RIVER BELOW WRIGHT PATMAN DAM. IT IS CRUCIAL THE SURVIVIAL OF ALL NATIVE FISHES THAT THESE INVASIVE SPECIES ARE NOT TAKING LIVE FROM THE LAKE OR SULPHUR RIVER, AND THAT BAIT FISH CAUGHT ON THE SULPHUR RIVER ARE NOT TAKEN LAKESIDE LIVE. PLEASE SEE THE LINKES BELOW TO HELP FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THESE FISHES AND ALSO READ THE ARTICLE FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20120103d http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=551 http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?speciesID=549