NATURE -- HOOK, LINE AND SINKER: Fishing brings people 
closer to nature. 06 [" ... facilitate that connection."] Details ahead 
on Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas

Fishing is an enjoyable way to spend time with family and 
friends.

06 -- We think it's a valuable thing for people to be connected 
with fishing and the outdoors, and we'd like to facilitate that 
connection.

Aquatic education training specialist, Caleb Harris, says 
the neighborhood fishin' program is just one way TPW 
facilitates that connection between people and nature.

05 -- Every metropolitan center has a neighborhood fihin' pond. 
And all those locations are on the [TPW] website.

He's referring to the TPW website. This time of year, the 
inland fisheries division stocks neighborhood fishin' 
ponds with catfish. Harris says although spending time 
with family and friends catching fish is fun, something 
deeper transpires among those who connect with the 
outdoors.
 
09 -- When people are connected to the outdoors in a way that 
they enjoy it - like fishing - they become stewards of it. They 
want to protect it. Conserve it. Be good users of it.

June 7 is National Free Fishing Day! Find a nearby 
neighborhood fishin' pond as well as tackle loaner 
programs when you log onto the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
website. 

The WSFR program supports our series and is funded by 
your purchase of fishing and hunting equipment and 
motorboat fuel. 

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

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/angler_education/t
ackloan.phtml 

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