TPWD TV - CHESTER'S ISLAND: Meet an old-timer who 
almost single handedly brought back the endangered 
brown pelican ... Details on Passport to Texas 	
(Week of Dec 11) 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

One person can make a difference, and the Texas Parks 
and Wildlife television show that airs this week 
introduces you to one such man. Don Cash oversees the 
series' production.

The story is really a personality piece on a gentleman named 
Chester Smith, and Chester is 85 years old. And he is what is 
known as an island warden for the Audubon Society. He almost 
single handedly has helped bring back the endangered brown 
pelican on part of the Texas coast down near Port O'Conner. It 
makes me feel good. It feels like all the work that me and the 
volunteers have done has been successful. This little island, 
called Sundown Island, that's out in Matagorda Bay, and Chester 
has been working there for over twenty years. My plans were to 
retire when I was eighty-five. I've already passed that date, and 
now I'm trying to make ninety; I've been encouraged to make a 
hundred (laughs). And the brown pelican has just made an 
amazing comeback. A lot of it is in part to what one man has 
done. What would you like viewers to come away with from 
having seen this piece, Don? People think, 'Well, you know I'm 
one person; what can I do to affect something.' And, Chester 
Smith is one person, and he has had a huge impact on the 
brown pelican population :69

The Texas Parks and Wildlife television series airs on PBS 
stations statewide. Check your local listings.

That's our show ... thank you for joining us ... For Texas 
Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti

Total sound bite time:		0:69.0
 Maximum Script time:		0:17.0 Suggested show time: 86.0 = 1:26