TPW MAGAZINE: What is one of the biggest changes to TPW 
magazine in its 75 year history? We tell you…ahead on 
Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Generations of Texans have enjoyed Texas Parks and 
Wildlife magazine. This year the publication observes its 
seventy-five year anniversary. I asked editor, Louie Bond, 
what she considers one of biggest changes to the 
magazine since the first issue debuted in 1942. 

51—I’ve now been the editor for 10 years. In Parks and Wildlife 
terms, that’s short. But for me, it feels like a good, solid block of 
time. And I think definitely the biggest thing we’ve done—in the 
past decade—is the addition of the app. And it started out as just 
a page turner on our website—it seemed the easiest way to go 
from print to digital. But now, with the advent of so many 
technological changes, we can add so much more to the app 
than just a digital reading of the story. There’s more movement. 
There’s videos. There’s additional material that doesn’t fit into 
the print magazine. There will be whole slideshows of additional 
photos. If there’s historical documents in the article, we can 
show those in more detail. And so, it opens a lot of new doors 
for storytelling for us. And a way to reach younger readers.

Download the app from the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
magazine website and enjoy the magazine of Texas in a 
new way. 

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














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