TPW MAGAZINE 75TH ANNIVERSARY: Texas Parks and 
Wildlife magazine celebrates its 75th anniversary this year 
[04 “…excellent tradition.”] …ahead on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

When it went to press 75 years ago, Texas Parks and 
Wildlife magazine had a different name.

08—It started out as Texas Game and Fish, and then when the agency 
changed, the name of the magazine changed as well to reflect the 
addition of more state park content.

For the past 10 years, Louie Bond has been the editor of 
this outdoor magazine of Texas.

10—We’re so lucky to be at the helm of this magazine. Here we just walk 
in, and we’re just the current custodians. But it feels great to be part of 
such a longstanding, excellent tradition.

Originally, Texas Parks and Wildlife magazine was more 
of a hook and bullet publication.

13—We were more traditionally hunting and fishing at the beginning, 
and now have added in through the years: hiking and biking and visiting 
state parks…bird watching and photography, and all those wonderful 
pursuits that our readers have.

Louie says the magazine experienced “pop culture” shifts 
over the years as well, such as not publishing recipes for 
certain critters.

13—Um, perhaps large rats, and things like that. Back in the day, people 
cooked whatever game was in their yard. You can think of those folks as 
locavores as we have locavores today.

The magazine celebrates its 75th anniversary all year long, 
and we tell you how they plan to do that tomorrow.

That's our show for today… Funding provided in part by 
Ram Trucks. Guts. Glory. Ram

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti. 


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