TheZapata / Starr counties, Texas, United States Falcon Reservoir also covered several hundred prehistoric archeological sites along the banks of the Rio Grande, as well as two small towns. The dam and reservoir provide for water conservation, flood control, hydroelectric energy, and recreation. Falcon International Reservoir International Falcon Reservoir is located on the Rio Grande bounded by Starr and Zapata counties, Texas, and city of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

On the shores of Falcon Lake are Texas wild olive ( Cordia boissieri), Mexican oregano ( Lippia graveolens), hibiscus, mesquite thickets, huisache ( Vachellia farnesiana var. In 2009, restrictions were placed on the harvest of alligator gar, but some area residents maintain that there should be no regulations and that the gar must be considered as if they were rats and be removed from the lake. Despite the threat of piracy, security on the lake has been enhanced to the point that State Representative Lyle Larson of San Antonio, a member of the House Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism, declared Falcon Lake 'the safest park on the border.' Alligator gar, a large and heavy fish with a long lifespan, feed on the largemouth bass and can survive through droughts. 1 for bass in the United States by 2014, the rank had dropped to No.

Bass fishing is particularly popular on the 98,960-acre (400.5 km 2 ) lake. The park's main activities include camping, swimming, fishing, water skiing, and boating and a self-guided nature trail. RecreationFalcon State Park is 572.6 acres (2.317 km 2 ) located between Falcon Heights, Texas, and Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, and is the southern end of a 98,960-acre (400.5 km 2 ) International Falcon Reservoir. Greater roadrunners, collared peccaries, white-tailed deer and black-tailed jackrabbits also exist within the park.

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United States Geological Survey. Geographic Names Information System. 'International Falcon Lake'. United States Geological Survey.

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