Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas

The turn of the 20th century saw the US population begin its migration from farms and ranches into cities.

05- We’ve got almost all the people living in cities [now], and very few people living on the land.

Urban Wildlife biologist, Kelly Simon (SEA-mah) says an unintended consequence of the migration was estrangement from the natural world.

Hunters who maintained a close connection with the land witnessed the outcome of unregulated hunting and lack of habitat conservation first hand. At their urging, Congress enacted the Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937, creating a funding stream for conservation.

07- Through the purchase of hunting license fees and hunting equipment–these things help to fund conservation in the state of Texas.

It’s a new century, and we’re in need of fresh ideas to fund conservation in the 21st Century and beyond. Kelly Simon invites you to take part in the conversation.

12-You can go online, and find Teaming with Wildlife–True to Texas. Texans can get together, just as we did earlier in the last century; we can decide for ourselves in this century how we want to pay for conservation.

The Wildlife Restoration Program supports our series.

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

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