Website: Navigating the information super highway is now 
easier on the Texas Parks and Wildlife website. We'll 
tell you more, coming up on Passport To Texas.


Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife. 


Chances are if you've ever needed to locate a state 
park, track down a hunting or fishing law, or learn 
about a particular native animal species, you've used 
the Texas Parks and Wildlife website. 


"We get almost half a million visitors every month, 
coming to our web site. All of these customers are 
very important to us-it's a very popular site." 


Darcy Bontempo heads up the marketing division at 
Texas Parks and Wildlife. To make the site more 
accessible, the agency has redesigned its 
Internet presence.


"So what we began to do was undertake extensive user 
research, including surveys to understand what our 
web visitors needs and preferences were and usability 
studies to help design a new site architecture, that 
will make the site accessible and as easy to use as possible." 


Improvements include enhanced accessibility for seeing 
and hearing-impaired individuals. And users will be able 
download everything from fishing condition reports or 
state park information via a cell phone or PDA. 


"Well users will first off notice that the website has a 
new look. They will also notice that the website is 
organized now in very simple navigational choices that 
are grouped by topic such as fishing and boating, 
state parks, hunting and wildlife. The entire site 
is going to be greatly enhanced for accessibility."


To see the new, redesigned website come to passporttotexas.org. 
For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I'm Cecilia Nasti.