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Passport to Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

If it's too hot to be outdoors, do the next best thing: 
watch the Texas Parks and Wildlife TV series in air 
conditioned comfort. Ron Kabele is a series producer.
 
"Well, one story is about cowboys; it takes place at the 
pitchfork ranch, near Lubbock. And this ranch is famous 
for their cowboys, who work the traditional ways of the 
old-fashioned cowboys of yesteryear. You look at these guys, 
especially the old guys, and they could just walk into a 
John Wayne movie. 

"One story is about the importance of urban parks, especially 
now that it's getting harder and harder to get out into the 
countryside as the metropolitan areas have grown so large, and 
it's just a way to lighten the crush of city life, and that's 
what these parks are for. 

"Another one is the ecology of the bays; and in this one Walter 
Cronkite narrates about the ecological importance of Texas Bays, 
and how it's going to take a lot of work and commitment to keep 
these areas clean and productive. Okay, the last one is on wade 
fishing. Wade fishing is about as basic as it gets. There's no 
boats, and there's minimal gear. And this talks about the almost 
four hundred miles of area along the Texas coast where you can 
wade fish. And one big advantage is that you can go where a boat 
can't go."

Check your local television listings to find when and 
where the show airs in your town.

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