Passport to Texas

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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.

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The Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program supports
our series.

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

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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.

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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.

This is Passport to Texas

[SFX taking core from tree.]

That’s the sound of a scientist taking a core sample from a cypress tree. This month on the Parks and Wildlife TV Series, find out how scientists use the samples to understand drought patterns in Texas.

Producer Alan Fisher:

You may have learned in grade school that trees put on a ring for each year that they’re alive. And what’s also interesting about tree rings is the width of those rings can tell you whether they grew in a wet year or a dry year.

The study was funded by the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority because they were really interested in understanding a little more about these drought patterns and what they could learn for future planning.

Thanks, Alan.

This show airs the week of August 14 on Texas PBS stations. Check your local listings.

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

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Are you considering a coastal getaway with the family this summer, but wondering where to go? This month the Texas Parks and Wildlife Television PBS series takes you to an island retreat that offers recreation and relaxation for the whole family. Producer Abe Moore.

57—[:02 ocean ambiance] As a producer and a dad, I’m always looking for stories or places where it’s kid friendly, or something great for the family. And Mustang Island [State Park], it’s just a great place for kids, and then as a parent, you can kind of just hang out.

So that story’s going to be on Texas Parks and Wildlife television in the fourth week of June. Enjoy! [:02 ocean ambiance fades]

Thanks, Abe.

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That’s our show… For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m
Cecilia Nasti.

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