TPWD TV - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICING: If you want to learn 
about the people who protect the Texas environment, 
stay tuned for Passport to Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Policing Pollution is a segment set to air on Texas Parks 
and Wildlife television during the week of September 
twenty-fourth through October first. Writer / producer, 
Alan Fisher spent over a year on this story.
 
It's basically a story following a group of specially trained game 
wardens who work an environmental crimes task force. They 
work with other agencies basically to enforce pollution laws. 

Fisher says it's a different approach to the protection of 
fish and wildlife in Texas.

One Act of pollution in the water could destroy more wildlife 
habitat or fish than a poacher. 

Johnny Longoria, featured in the segment, is a game 
warden who patrols the Houston Ship Channel as part of 
the Texas environmental enforcement task force.

The city of Houston is constantly having to put out fishing bans 
because of some of these toxins that are getting into the ship 
channel. Somewhere along the line it's going to trickle down, 
and that's what we're there to try to prevent. 

The work is tedious, and never-ending. Yet, as game 
Warden Johnny Gray says - it's worth it.

I don't think we'll ever say we've accomplished our job. I think 
we can say we're fighting to do our job every day. My 
motivation is knowing that I'm making a difference. We hope 
we're preserving the water ... we hope we're preserving the 
wildlife and the habitat for years to come.

PBS stations broadcast the series ... check your local 
listings. 

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