JANUARY MAGAZINE PREVIEW: Putting the spotlight on 
endangered species in Texas ... details on Passport to 
Texas.

PTT from TPW and the Wildlife Restoration Program

The January 2009 issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife 
magazine focuses on the multi-faceted issue of 
endangered species. Managing editor, Louie Bond.

We're going to start the New Year with a really in-depth look at 
endangered species. And so, we're taking it, kind of, almost as 
a theme through the magazine. Starting out with our "At Issue" 
by our Executive Director, Carter Smith, who quotes the famous 
American Conservationist, Aldo Leopold, who says: There re 
some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. 
And, of course, here at Texas Parks and Wildlife, we fall into the 
latter category. We cannot live without any of these wild things. 
The main reason for a lot of the problems that these species are 
having is habitat loss. But there's also some subtle things that 
go on, for example, wild fire control. I know that you and I grew 
up with Smokey the Bear -- and tried to stamp out forest fires -- 
which is a great cause. But, forest fires are a fact of life, and 
they're Mother Nature's way of getting rid of some 
undergrowth. And that does affect some of these species. And, I 
thin that Carter Smith wraps it best. He says at the end of his at 
issue column this month, "I have no doubt that if we can 
collectively succeed in this worthwhile endeavor, our children, 
and their children, and their children after that, will be forever 
grateful. And if we don't -- they may never forgive us." :65

The January issue of Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine 
is on newsstands now.

That's our show ... with support from the Wildlife 
Restoration Program ... providing funding for the Private 
Lands and Habitat Enhancement Program. 

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






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