LEGACIES: KATHERINE GOODBAR: Meet a former Dallas 
science teacher who instilled the value of conservation into a 
generation of students ... on Passport to Texas Legacies ... 

Passport to Texas Legacies from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Katherine Goodbar of Dallas, is a former high school science 
teacher, and current educator at the Richardson Environmental 
Studies Center. Through her classroom work and frequent field 
trips, she has introduced thousands of students to the wonders 
of the outdoors. She says simply studying about the natural world 
in books is no substitute for being in the thick of it, because it's 
only when children experience nature that they finally understand 
its value.

"They read something about the natural world and animals in 
books, but as far as actual knowing - they don't. And to me, 
the biggest challenge that we have is education. Until you get 
them out into the field where they can actually relate to the 
plants that are there, the animals that are there ... that when 
you see a little snake wiggling through the grass you don't 
have to scream at the top of your voice and go climb a 
telephone pole. Contact with natural areas ... field trips ... 
education. To me that's the challenge. Because if we don't 
do it - it's hopeless."
Mrs. Goodbar has also sought to provide private protection 
to Texas natural systems through her work with the Natural 
Areas Preservation Association, the largest Texas-based 
land trust, which protects over 30,000 acres scattered among 
more than 65 preserves.

That's our show for today ... produced in cooperation with the 
Conservation History Association of Texas. Visit them on the 
web at texaslegacy.org. For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... 
I'm Cecilia Nasti. 



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