DECEMBER MAGAZINE --HIGHLIGHTS: Lone Star land 
Stewards, tamaladas and gifts for gear heads ... on 
Passport to Texas.

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

The December issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife 
magazine highlights lone land stewards, tamale making 
and gifts for gadget lovers ... Associate publisher, Charles 
Lohrmann explains ... 

Well, we have an article about the Treadwell family ranch, which 
are Menard and McCullough counties out near Brady. And they 
are the winners of the Lone Star Land steward award. They 
really transformed about an eight-thousand acre ranch that had 
been overgrazed, and looked like a parking lot, as they said. 
And now, with the judicious use of controlled burns, and 
planting native grasses and cutting away some of the cedar, 
they've transformed this ranch ... And it's a great story for 
Texans who want to know more about land management and 
what's happening with some of the land that's been abused. 
And, another interesting thing, which actually is a holiday story, 
is about tamalada, which is just a tamale making story, which is 
something a lot of people may want to do. And if you've got a 
gear fanatic on your Christmas list, we'll have Gibbs Milliken's 
annual gear guide. So, a lot of great new things for your holiday 
gift giving ideas. Or, maybe just to buy yourself a new piece of 
gear. :53

Look for the December issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Magazine on newsstands around mid month.