SPEAK SPANISH? TEACH HUNTING: If you speak Spanish, the 
Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunter Education program wants 
you ... details ahead on Passport to Texas. 

This is Passport to Texas

The average age of Texas hunters is mid-forties. As these 
hunters decrease their time in the field, some increase 
their time in the classroom.

05 -- Some become [hunter education] instructors, and really 
want to give back to something they've enjoyed all throughout 
their lives.

Nancy Heron is director of outreach and education at 
parks and wildlife. She said the program has a need for 
instructors with special skills.

12 -- Parks and Wildlife has a lot of constituents who are 
bilingual, and who just speak Spanish. We are looking for 
bilingual instructors that are able to teach the hunter education 
program in Spanish and English.

The Spanish speaking population in Texas is growing, 
and Parks and Wildlife wants to ensure this group has 
easy access to hunter education, and a great outdoor 
experience.

11 -- We certainly could use those instructors to help us reach 
those constituents that we normally wouldn't be able to reach. 
And, we do want to offer them [Spanish speaking constituents] 
an opportunity to get out in the outdoors and enjoy it. 

We have information on becoming a volunteer Hunter 
Education instructor at passporttotexas.org.

The Wildlife Restoration Program supports our series.

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






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