Passport to Texas

 TPW TV--Lone Star Land Stewards: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Texas landowners who take extra effort to conserve and improve their land. Meet some of them the agency honored with the Lone Star land Steward Award this month on the TPW TV series. Producer Alan Fisher.

Coming up in November, we’ll visit a different a LSLS Award winning ranch each week, including the Leopold Conservation Award Winner—the Temple Ranch in South Texas.

I think one thing that a viewer could take away is that whether it’s a very small property, or a huge ranch with many thousands of acres, there are little things that really do add up to make property better places for wildlife. The temple Ranch segment airs the week November 6 through eh 12th. If you happen to miss these segments on the TV show, you can also view them on our Parkws and Wildlife YouTube channel.

Thanks, Alan.

The Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program supports our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.

 TPW TV--A New Season: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Nature, outdoor recreation, and the caretakers of our natural resources all get air time on the new season of the Texas Parks and Wildlife television series, which premiers the week of October 23. Series Producer, Don Cash.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife television show has been on the air in one form or another since 1985. Our producers are always working on a number of stories at one time. They may produce a story in three months, and it may take them two years to produce a story. We are on all the PBS stations in the state of Texas, and we also air outside of the state.

Well, what I tell people is my job is to try and get people to go hiking, camping, fishing, hunting, or bird watching. You know, if you’ve got to work for a living, that’s a pretty good thing to do.

Thanks, Don.

Check your local listings.

The Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program supports our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.

 TPW TV--Last of the Bayous: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Last of the Bayous airs this week on the Texas Parks and Wildlife TV series. It examines efforts to save Houston’s last natural namesake. Producer Ron Kabele.

Good grief! It’s the Bayou City and there are no more bayous. Now, they call it Bray’s Bayou and Sims’ Bayou, but they’re just channelized ditches. When I was a kid, we would play in bayous;
we would catch crawdads. The only thing you’re going to catch in a channelized ditch is a disease.

Maybe it will give them an idea of what Houston once was. And with other aspects of what made Houston the great city that it is—we’re just not going to throw it away for
the sake of progress.

Thanks, Ron.

Check your local listings.

The Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program supports
our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.

 TPW TV: Mountain Biking Big Bend Ranch: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 
This is Passport to Texas

When the weather cools, and you’re ready to engage the outdoors again, strike out on two wheels. Get a taste of a mountain biking adventure on the TPW TV show. Producer, Alan Fisher.

Mountain biking is gaining popularity at Big bend Ranch vast state park.

Big Bend Ranch State Park is the biggest State Park that we have in the state of Texas—310 thousand acres and about 388 miles of road, trail, route.

So, are you following a couple of people on bike?

We followed a group of people who went on hundred mile ride over four days. They had quite an experience.

It is challenging in places. It’s smooth in places. *This is awesome!* What I love about Big Bend Ranch is it has a little bit of everything.

If you’re doing a multi-day ride out there, you really need to have somebody helping you carry some gear. There are also day rides that are options with interesting routes that you can bike.

Who’s your sag support when you’re out there?

Well, there were just hours and hours of jouncing around in a vehicle. It is a difficult place to get around, and that’s another great thing about seeing Big Bend Ranch State Park on a bicycle—there are areas you can access that you really can’t take a car, so it’s really a neat way to explore the park.

Thanks, Alan!

Check your local listings for air times.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife I’m Cecilia Nasti.

 TPW TV--Hunting: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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It may still feel like summer outside, but we’ve already crossed the threshold into fall hunting season. Will you be prepared? You may be if you watch the Texas Parks and Wildlife television show this month. Series Producer, Don Cash.

We’re going to take a look at the tradition of hunting and how it’s passed down from one generation to the next. You know, it helps if you grow up in a hunting family, but if you don’t, Parks and Wildlife has some ways to help you get out there and learn to hunt, whether you’re a kid or whether you’re an adult.

And September is the start of the hunting season, and we’re going to help you out on the television show.

Thanks, Don!

Check your local listings for air times.

The Sport fish and Wildlife Restoration program supports our series and is funded by your purchase of fishing and hunting equipment and motorboat fuel.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife I’m Cecilia Nasti.