Passport to Texas

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

The mystery of the tarpon is a story you’ll see this month on the Texas Parks and Wildlife television series– writer/producer Ron Kabele.

The funny thing about a lot of young anglers is, there’s so few tarpon left in the gulf of Mexico that a lot of them don’t even know what a tarpon looks like. But, it’s a big silver fish; when I say big, I mean ninety to two hundred and fifty pounds.

The producer who did the story went out a number of times—they never saw a tarpon. They’re really hard to catch now because there aren’t that many left. One of the biologists said, in the course of the story, that they didn’t want to happen to the tarpon to what happened to say the Attwater’s prairie chicken, where the population gets just so low that bringing the species back would be virtually impossible. And that’s what they’re trying to circumvent with this research.

The series airs on PBS stations statewide.

That’s our show for today… 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 TV producer Ron Kabele gives offers sneak peek at May programming, starting with a story about an unusual cross country trip.

And there was this guy, and he was going from Canada to Mexico riding a hand cycle.

I don’t know how many times two guys in wheelchairs ever road a bike across the United States—it might be a first.

And he was doing it to raise money. The money was going to go so that they could purchase hand cycles for other disabled kids.

The hand cycling is fun!

Another piece we have is about tent maintenance. You know, a lot of people they get out there, in the middle of nowhere, and then they have a problem with their tent.

A common problem for all tent campers are holes developing from rocks being tracked in on shoes, or rocks poking holes up through the bottom of the tent.

I went to Lake Whitney SP last year. It’s a beautiful lake.

It’s so hard to just get away and be a family. And when you can come to a place like this and for the first time you kind of realize what it’s supposed to be all about.

(Bird chirping) Another story this month is the basics of birding.

(Woodpecker) Oh, a pileated woodpecker. (Bird call)

You know, it’s kind of like a mystery game to me.

Experience the mystery when you tune in to Texas Parks and Wildlife TV on PBS.

That’s our show for today… 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 TV producer Ron Kabele gives offers sneak peek at May programming, starting with a story about an unusual cross country trip.

And there was this guy, and he was going from Canada to Mexico riding a hand cycle.

I don’t know how many times two guys in wheelchairs ever road a bike across the United States—it might be a first.

And he was doing it to raise money. The money was going to go so that they could purchase hand cycles for other disabled kids.

The hand cycling is fun!

Another piece we have is about tent maintenance. You know, a lot of people they get out there, in the middle of nowhere, and then they have a problem with their tent.

A common problem for all tent campers are holes developing from rocks being tracked in on shoes, or rocks poking holes up through the bottom of the tent.

I went to Lake Whitney SP last year. It’s a beautiful lake.

It’s so hard to just get away and be a family. And when you can come to a place like this and for the first time you kind of realize what it’s supposed to be all about.

(Bird chirping) Another story this month is the basics of birding.

(Woodpecker) Oh, a pileated woodpecker. (Bird call)

You know, it’s kind of like a mystery game to me.

Experience the mystery when you tune in to Texas Parks and Wildlife TV on PBS.

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

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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Abilene State Park is an oasis in the desert, and writer/producer Ron Kabele talks about the park and its pool this month on the Texas Parks and Wildlife TV series.

In Abilene State Park, they have one of the largest pools in our system. It was built by the CCC, and it’s a beautiful, big pool. It’s really the heartbeat of the park.

I’m Oakley, and I’m Chancy, and we pretty much come every weekend (giggles).

Another story this month is Oasis of the King Fishers; it’s a personal story from TV producer, Lee Smith, about his uncle’s southwest Texas ranch, and the day he saw three species of kingfisher.

One December morning, I was shooting video at one of my favorite tanks. A snipe and a greater yellow legs were keeping me company when a belted kingfisher arrived and began to hunt breakfast.

Finally, members of the American Hiking Society volunteered to build a trail at a state park…as part of a volunteer vacation.

We’re talking a trail, you know, like wheelbarrows full of gravel. Really hard work. And this is during the summer. You know, they’d take time off from their jobs, or if they’re retired, they come out. And, the park will feed them. In exchange, they get all of this manual labor. And the people love to do this.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife series airs on PBS stations statewide. Find a list at passporttotexas.org.

That’s our show… For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.
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CLICK HERE to find a station near you that airs the show.

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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Abilene State Park is an oasis in the desert, and writer/producer Ron Kabele talks about the park and its pool this month on the Texas Parks and Wildlife TV series.

In Abilene State Park, they have one of the largest pools in our system. It was built by the CCC, and it’s a beautiful, big pool. It’s really the heartbeat of the park.

I’m Oakley, and I’m Chancy, and we pretty much come every weekend (giggles).

Another story this month is Oasis of the King Fishers; it’s a personal story from TV producer, Lee Smith, about his uncle’s southwest Texas ranch, and the day he saw three species of kingfisher.

One December morning, I was shooting video at one of my favorite tanks. A snipe and a greater yellow legs were keeping me company when a belted kingfisher arrived and began to hunt breakfast.

Finally, members of the American Hiking Society volunteered to build a trail at a state park…as part of a volunteer vacation.

We’re talking a trail, you know, like wheelbarrows full of gravel. Really hard work. And this is during the summer. You know, they’d take time off from their jobs, or if they’re retired, they come out. And, the park will feed them. In exchange, they get all of this manual labor. And the people love to do this.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife series airs on PBS stations statewide. Find a list at passporttotexas.org.

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

CLICK HERE to find a station near you that airs the show.

TP&W TV May Highlights Play Now | Play in Popup | Download