TPW TV FUN IN BALMORHEA: How one Texas Parks and 
Wildlife TV producer combines work and play on the PBS 
TV show... details ahead on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Jeffrey Buras [Byou-ras] is the newest producer on the PBS 
Texas Parks and Wildlife Television series. 

08- There's a lot to learn, for sure. Not only just with our production 
process, but also [becoming familiar with] all of the biology, all of the 
wildlife management... 

The job involves more than knowing where to point the 
camera. It's challenging, and also keeps producers on the 
road for long stretches. Yet, even when they're done for 
the day, they're never really done.  As you'll see when you 
view an upcoming segment called Balmorhea Fun.

23- I was actually doing a story with producer Abe Moore-we were 
out in the Pecos region studying the Pecos Pup fish for another 
segment. We'd finished in the middle of the afternoon, and we were 
considering-okay, we could either do the drive back to Austin over six 
hours, or we could just stay here in Balmorhea, enjoy the afternoon, 
make a fun little video, and drive back the next day.

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And that's just what they did.

13-We had a bunch of small Go-Pro cameras, and, we had a Quad-
Copter that can shoot video. We spent the afternoon swimming with 
folks, giving them cameras [to use], and coming up with this fun little 
video.

The TPW TV segment Balmorhea Fun airs on PBS stations 
the week of May 15th. 

04-It's just a fun view of what it's like to spend a day at Balmorhea 
State Park.


That's our show...for Texas Parks and Wildlife, I'm Cecilia 
Nasti.



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