WATER DOCUMENTARY: Understanding, not blame, flows in 
this new documentary ... details on Passport to Texas.

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

When it comes to water, one thing is clear:

The overriding conflict is between rural and urban. :04

Producer, Lee Smith, addresses this and other issues in 
next month's Texas Parks and Wildlife PBS documentary, 
Texas: The State of Flowing Water.

Whether it's in the Goliad area ... whether it's in the Palestine 
area ... people are worried about the large metropolitan area in 
their region that is going to trump their interests and take their 
resources. :14

Each side, says Smith, has a valid frame of reference.

The thing you always have to do is remember that the people 
that are on the "other side" are not evil. That they have a frame 
of reference, too, and through just slightly different 
circumstances that could be your frame of reference. :13

It's easy to take sides when presenting a volatile issue, 
but Smith chose a different approach.

I was trying to show what people on both sides of an issue were 
doing right: the positive aspects of both sides of the issue as 
opposed to the completely positive aspects on one side and the 
completely negative aspects on the other -- because, few things 
are that black and white. :16

Texas: The State of Flowing Water airs on PBS stations 
statewide at 8 PM Thursday, February 12 ... and is made 
possible by the generous support of the Sport Fish 
Restoration Program.

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





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