TPWD TV SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHTS: Water and Wings 
dominate this month....on Passport to Texas.

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Water and wings seem to be a theme of Texas Parks and 
Wildlife TV's September programming. And producer Ron 
Kabele says a segment called Billion Dollar Bats looks at 
the value of bats to agriculture.

What the bats are doing is they're acting as a natural pesticide. 
And that's very appealing to a lot of farmers. It's cheaper and it's 
a whole lot better for the environment. :09

There's an excerpt from Texas: The State of Water, 
highlighting water issues in the Valley.

This concentrates on the challenge of there not being enough 
water in the Rio Grande Valley. :04 
Without water nothing will grow. And the farmers can't make any 
money. So, there's nothing else for them to do. Some of this 
farmland they're selling the dirt off of it. They're just making it 
into a big pit. Just a big hole in the ground; and they're just 
walking away from it. :13

Ron says he shot a story on the Butterfly Palace that airs 
in September.

It's at the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of 
Natural Science. And it's this big domed area. It's basically its 
own ecosystem. :09
 
And finally, a segment called The Caribbean Connection 
examines the relationship between Texas and the 
Caribbean.

The Caribbean Connection was about three researchers who were 
trying to find a correlation between what happens in the coral 
reefs down in Mexico and here, and how that affects our waters. 
:11

Check your local listings, or visit us online at 
passporttitexas.org to find a station that airs the show 
near you. That's our show...for Texas Parks and 
Wildlife...I'm Cecilia Nasti.