OUTDOOR FAMILIES: A program that teaches families how 
to enjoy the outdoors together ... on Passport to Texas.

PTT from TPWD and the SFWR Restoration Program

A generation ago, families spent some part of every day 
together outdoors. That doesn't happen as much today; 
Ashley Mathews says that may have to do with location.

My generation of adults have typically been raised in urban 
settings, and unless we were involved in scouting, have not often 
been taught those basic outdoor skills that we might have learned 
on the farms, or out on our families ranches. :12

Mathews oversees the Outdoor Families program for 
Parks and Wildlife.

Now that we have children -- young children - we might not feel 
capable of taking them on these outdoor experiences, or we 
might feel a little foolish is we didn't excel at it. :09
 
A typical Outdoor Family event includes an overnight 
family campout, where families learn the skills they need 
to get the most from their outdoor experience.

It's a two-day event; we usually start early on Saturday mornings 
and run through Sunday about lunchtime. Saturday afternoon we 
break up and go to various classes of their choosing ... everything 
from fly-fishing, to fishing basics, to camping, air rifle, archery, 
kayaking, and then we have a lot of youth nature activities as 
well. And then we transition the group to a campout experience. 
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We'll have more about Outdoor Families tomorrow.

That's our show for today ... with support from the Sport 
Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program... working to 
increase fishing, hunting, shooting and boating in Texas.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti


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