TPW MAGAZINE�TEXAS BRIGADES:  Texas Brigades 
nurture the next generation of conservation 
leaders� ahead on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas 

Texas Brigades is a wildlife and natural resource 
focused leadership development program for youth, 
13 to 17.

08�Texas Brigades has been around for 25 years. It 
started out as Bobwhite Brigade back in 1993, and then it 
just kind of morphed.

It�s morphed into is eight summer camps, each with 
a different conservation focus. Aubry Buzek [Byu-
zik] wrote about the Brigades for the October issue 
of TPW magazine. 

18�What was really interesting is that these camps are 
not necessarily about learning about one particular 
species. At Bobwhite Brigade, they were learning a lot 
about quail�and they had biologists there teaching them 
about quail. But that wasn�t the overall goal of the 
program. It was about being comfortable with public 
speaking, comfortable talking with their peers. Debating.

These five-day intensive camps incorporate military 
marching and cadence, and introduce students to 
experts and activities that challenge and change 
them�and equip them to be conservation leaders.

20� I talked to a lot of parents after graduation and they 
were like, �Who is this kid?� I saw it too. That confidence. 
A lot of parents said they didn�t expect their kid to know 
just so much. But, in addition to that knowledge, these 
kids are loud, and they�re marching, and they make a lot 
of friends. It really is a transformative camp. 

Read Aubry Buzek�s story about the Texas Brigades 
in the October issue of TPW magazine. 

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



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