HIKING -- MERIDIAN STATE PARK: Stretch your legs on this 
state park's refurbished trails ... on Passport to Texas.

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Now that the weather has cooled folks visiting state parks 
can do what they like best -- take a hike. Bryan Frazier 
suggests hikers stretch their legs on the refurbished trails 
of Meridian State Park.

60 -- Hiking is the most popular activity that people seek out in a 
park. And Meridian State Park had the AmeriCorps crew out there 
to develop the trails. They've got a nice granite surface -- they've 
cleared the overhead, so it's a lot easier and a lot more accessible. 
They've got 500 yards of this trail that are paved and ADA 
accessible. And it just happens to coincide with some of the best 
places to see the endangered Golden Cheeked warbler. Almost all 
the sightings are right in and around that paved area because of 
the location there. So, I think that's a bonus. But, you know, 
Meridian State Park is another CCC build park; it dates back to the 
1930s. A lot of the trails are in primitive backcountry areas -- 
there's a master plan to renovate all the areas of the trail. So 
check out Meridian State Park. It's up near the town of meridian, 
Northwest of Waco, when you get up near the Granbury area, it's 
not too terribly far from there; come back toward the Fort Worth 
area. It's right in through therein Meridian.

Thanks Bryan.

That's our show for today ... with funding provided by 
Chevrolet, supporting outdoor recreation in Texas; because 
there's life to be done.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife I'm Cecilia Nasti. 











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