SAFE BOATING: It's boating season ... are you and your 
passengers safe? Find out on Passport to Texas ... 
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PTT from TPWD and the Sport Fish Restoration Program

It's boating season in Texas. A time for family fun on the 
water. And with it, comes responsibility. 

Well, the National Safe Boating Council's campaign is 
"Wear It!", which means wear your lifejacket. :05

Steve Hall is Education Director at Texas Parks and 
Wildlife.

And the main thing that we can do to be safe on 
Texas waters is to simply have a life jacket on 
board, and actually be wearing that lifejacket, 
because 90 percent of all boating accidents that 
cause fatalities could have been prevented had the 
person been wearing a lifejacket. :16

Wearing your lifejacket could determine whether or not 
you survive a boating accident.

Obviously, if you're not wearing your life jacket and 
you have a boating accident, you're probably going into 
the water unconscious or perhaps in a hurt state. And 
if you don't have your lifejacket on you're going to 
drown. :12

Find more boating safety tips on the Texas Parks and 
Wildlife Website.

The Sport Fish Restoration Program supports our series 
and provides funding to increase fishing and boating 
opportunities in Texas.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.