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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