Passport to Texas

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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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

This month the Texas Parks and Wildlife television series follows a group of kids from Corpus Christi [insert audio from raft trip and play under script] as they take a raft trip down the Rio Grande for an outdoor classroom experience that ends up being about more than fun and games. Abe Moore went on the trip with them, and produced the story.

So, while the kids are going down the river, we kind of go off into little segways as to highlight what struggles are happening to the Rio Grande, and one in particular are the ranchers down there. They rely completely on the Rio Grande for its water, to water all their crops.

We quit growing cotton; we quit growing grain, corn during the summer just to try to save all that water for winter vegetables.

It was amazing just to see how much they learned about the different aspects of all the things that are tugging on the Rio Grande, from an invasive water-sucking tree that they learned about to the decline in fish species and kind of the many pressures the river deals with. So, they had quite the leaning experience for sure. There were times I was with them that I really felt that they’re getting it. They’re figuring out what it’s all about; what the world and what the river means to us.

For more information about the TV series, go to 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 have a bucket list—that’s an inventory of activities to accomplish before departing this mortal coil—be sure to include a fall camp out at a Texas state park. It’s heavenly. And this month Parks & Wildlife Television highlights state parks. Series Producer, Abe Moore.

Some of the parks we’re going to profile is Lockhart State Park, Purtis Creek State Park, which is between Dallas and Tyler, Lake Casa Blanca State Park, which is down by Laredo, and Ray Roberts Lake State Park north of Dallas.

Some of the aspects of Lockhart State Park, for example, is there’s actually a golf course there, which is kind of unique. And of course, you have your BBQ and camping, but it’s a nice little park.

We’re quite pleased we found this place; to me it’s a hidden gem in the State Park system.

And for folks in South Texas, down by Laredo, we have Lake Casa Blanca International State Park. And, it’s also great for camping and also great just the quiet.

Lake Casa Blanca SP offers people the opportunity to come and enjoy a piece of quietness and enjoy the sounds of nature and just relax.

So, every week on Parks and Wildlife Television we’ll have a park piece, so people can kind of get geared up for fall camping.

For more information go to 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 have a bucket list—that’s an inventory of activities to accomplish before departing this mortal coil—be sure to include a fall camp out at a Texas state park. It’s heavenly. And this month Parks & Wildlife Television highlights state parks. Series Producer, Abe Moore.

Some of the parks we’re going to profile is Lockhart State Park, Purtis Creek State Park, which is between Dallas and Tyler, Lake Casa Blanca State Park, which is down by Laredo, and Ray Roberts Lake State Park north of Dallas.

Some of the aspects of Lockhart State Park, for example, is there’s actually a golf course there, which is kind of unique. And of course, you have your BBQ and camping, but it’s a nice little park.

We’re quite pleased we found this place; to me it’s a hidden gem in the State Park system.

And for folks in South Texas, down by Laredo, we have Lake Casa Blanca International State Park. And, it’s also great for camping and also great just the quiet.

Lake Casa Blanca SP offers people the opportunity to come and enjoy a piece of quietness and enjoy the sounds of nature and just relax.

So, every week on Parks and Wildlife Television we’ll have a park piece, so people can kind of get geared up for fall camping.

For more information go to 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

Relive the agony and ecstasy of the First Toyota Texas Bass Classic this month on the Texas Parks and Wildlife TV show. Series producer, Abe Moore.

So on the last week of August, we’re profiling the Toyota Texas Bass Classic. It just wrapped up its second year at Lake Fork, but we’re going to profile the very first year. And we followed two characters: one was the tournament favorite, Alton Jones whose from Waco, Texas. I

t’s been a lot of fun. I’ve been fishing professionally now since 1990. I never dreamed that when I was starting out that some day I would earn more than a million dollars bass fishing. Now we just travel around, all over the United States and fish bass tournaments. It’s pretty fun.

So, he’s kind of established, and he’s doing pretty well in this bass fishing thing. And the other character is Darrin Schwenkbeck, and he’s only won a couple of tournaments and he’s barely making enough money to pay for gas to get himself from lake to lake.

It’s a tough road. And it’s where I stand. And then I’m going to have to get my act together and start catching them in the next few to, uh, keep on going.

So, what’s interesting about this story is that we follow the characters of professional bass fishing. So, maybe when the next Toyota Texas Bass Classic happens next year, folks can go down there and look at these anglers with a different perspective.

Thanks, Abe.

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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