Passport to Texas

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife and the Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program

The Colorado River is a source of water, recreation and reflection for the people living along its banks. This month the Texas Parks and Wildlife TV show, highlights this important water body. Producer, Alan Fisher.

Coming up in December, we have a segment called Reclaiming the River that follows some folks in the Bastrop area, who have really gotten their town a little more in touch with the river that runs through it.

Part of the function of land is to clean the water. And part of what this land can do is help make sure that we have a clean, clear Colorado River instead of a mud hole.

They’ve gotten paddling trails established along the Colorado, in the Bastrop area. Also coming up in December, we have a series of videos called Take Me Fishing. They are basically very introductory fishing videos—information about how to fish, where to fish, what kind of resources are available. A lot of people growing up in urban or suburban environments may not have ever been fishing—it could be a little intimidating. So, these videos provide some great resources for people who are maybe interested in fishing but have never tried it before.

Here are a few tips to ensure that both you and your kids have a good time together. Here fishy…fishy…fishy.

There are all sorts of ways to enjoy the outdoors in Texas—fishing and paddling among them.

Thanks, Alan. Check your local listings.

That’s our show… with support from the Sport Fish and Wildlife restoration Program…For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.

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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Invasive aquatic plant species can be devastating. This month the Texas Parks and Wildlife TV series highlights invasives at Caddo Lake. Series Producer, Alan Fisher.

Caddo has an amazing diversity of native plants, but also an amazing diversity of invading plants, unfortunately. Hydrilla is a big problem.

This is hydrilla here, probably the most abundant invasive on the lake, right next to water hyacinth.

And then the newest is giant salvinia.

There’s a piece right yonder. That’s it. Yeah, it’s not very big yet. This one little thing here can expand into acres and acres and acres.

How do you eradicate an invasive?

Well, one of the biggest tool in their toolbox, I guess, to battle invasives is just getting the word out. Letting people know that we’re the one getting these plants around. People with boats pulling them in and out of lakes need to make sure their trailers and boats are clean when they do so. It’s actually a misdemeanor to transport invasive plants whether you know it or not.

And, so, what do you hope the take away is?

I hope that people can just be more mindful after learning about this topic. You know, there are things that we can all do. Average citizens are a really valuable tool in combating all these plants.

Thanks, Alan. Learn about invasive exotics at passporttotexas.org.

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

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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

If you’re looking for a state park to visit this fall, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Television show is here to help. Series producer, Don Cash.

So, November, we’re hitting a state park every week like we always do. One of the state parks is Lockhart State Park just south of Austin. They’ve even got a nine-hole golf course there that’s great.

We’re going to go to Purtis Creek State Park near Athens, Texas. And, it’s famous for fishing, but they’ve also got a very nice paddling tour.

We’re going to go to Choke Canyon State Park. It’s about halfway between San Antonio and Corpus Christi.

(bird call) You can view the birds. You catch the fish (there we go), and you can relax and just enjoy nature at its best.

The last state park we go to in November is Copper Breaks State Park, and it’s pretty close to the Red River up in North Texas, just up near Quanah, Texas. They’ve got part of the Texas longhorn herd there.

We do a program on Friday and Saturday called Meet the Longhorns. There’s two of them that will eat out of your hand, and one will even offer to give you a big kiss. Now, this isn’t just any cow slobber you’re going to get on you. This is authentic Texas state longhorn slobber. That felt weird.

Fall is a great time to get out to a state park in Texas. And, I hope everybody gets out there and enjoys it like I do.

So do I, Don. We have a list of stations that air the series at passporttotexas.org.

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

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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Texas Parks and Wildlife Television begins a new season this month. Production Supervisor, Don Cash.

One of the really nice things about our show, it it’s not a news show—you don’t have to get everything in, in a minute or a minute and fifteen seconds. We have the time on the show to really get into a topic. We have anywhere from eight, nine, ten minutes, so you really get a good feel for the topic and the people that we’re featuring. So that’s something that’s really unique to this show.

So, it’s a new season, we’ve got a lot of new stuff coming up, and I hope people will watch the show.

Thanks Don. Find a list of stations that air the series, at passporttotexas.org.

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

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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Texas Parks and Wildlife Television gets thematic in October. Production Supervisor, Don Cash, explains.

The first show in October deals with bats. Where to go see bats, and the monetary value that bats have. One of the shows is a fishing show. We go to the Texas coast, and we feature a fishing guide up at lake Fork, a guy named Brian Duplechain, who is just a great guy, and a great guide.

One day Butch Ray called and said, I’ve got a guide trip. Shore enough, and I jumped on that opportunity. The first cast that morning, my customer had a backlash; the second cast he caught an eight and a half pounder. He caught a big fish. That made me a guide.

Another one of our theme shows has to do with hunting. One of the stories is about a dog named call and his trainer Linda Palmer, and it’s just a great story about how she takes this dog from three months all the way up to a year. It’s a story about the relationship between the trainer and the dog.

He watched the whole thing, made sure everything was recorded in his brain, brought the bird in, and then, of course, went to get the other one.

So, if you’ve got an interest in hunting, or fishing, or bats, you’ve got a whole show that you can look at and really get in depth with it.

Thanks Don. Find a list of stations that air the series, at passporttotexas.org.

That’s our show for today…we record our series at the Production Block studios in Austin, Texas.

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

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