On Thursday, Feb. 11, Senator Robert Nichols toured the Texas Game Warden Museum located at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens with Elena Wagstaff Kelley, the widow of Game Warden Wesley Wagstaff.

During the 85th Legislative Session, Senator Nichols co-authored HB 219 with State Representative James White to name Farm-to-Market Road 1293 in Hardin County as the Game Warden Wesley W. Wagstaff Memorial Highway. That bill was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 1, 2015.