EXPO -- SCUBA: Get wet at Texas Parks and Wildlife 
Expo ... we'll explain on Passport to Texas.

PTT from TPW and the Sport Fish restoration program

Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo is your gateway to the 
outdoors. It's where, in a single weekend, you can 
introduce your family to a wide range of outdoor 
activities including -- brand new this year -- scuba diving! 

Almost everything we've done is above water: kayaking and 
mountain biking and all those wonderful activities ... now we get 
to look into a whole new world. :08

Paul Hammerschmidt, with coastal fisheries, is 
coordinating the Be a Diver Program at this year's Expo. 
Participants will dive in a 17-thousand gallon pool.

Kids and adults get to don wetsuits and scuba equipment and 
get a chance to see what it feels like to be under water, 
breathing scuba. :08

Hammerschmidt says Texas is one of the larger states 
with a scuba diving contingent, so it makes sense to offer 
a scuba opportunity at Expo.

In years past, we've had what we call virtual diving, where kids 
can go in and see photographs of the Flower Gardens National 
Marine Sanctuary. Now they're actually going to be able to get 
wet. :11

[Music: Diver Dan Theme Song ... :08] 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo is October 4th and 5th. Learn 
more at passporttotexas.org.

That's our show ... with support from the Sport Fish 
Restoration Program ... providing funding for the 
operations and management of Sea Center Texas.

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




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