TEXAS WMAS, 2: Today’s landowners take conservation 
seriously – will future landowners do the same? Ahead 
on Passport to Texas

This is Passport 

Texas landowners are vital to long-term statewide 
habitat and wildlife conservation strategies.

14— Something that folks really are not aware of is that the water 
that they drink, the air tht they breathe, the clothes they wear, and 
even the fuels that provide energy for their vehicles and power 
plants, come from private lands in Texas.

Dennis Gissell is Wildlife Management Area facilities 
coordinator. 

09— Private landowners really are stewarding not only the natural 
habitat, but they’re providing the resources that we as humans 
must have to survive.

TPW uses WMAs to educate landowners about 
conserving wildlife and habitat, including water.

18— When you’re dealing with either surface water or groundwater, 
people need to be aware that that surface water is coming through 
lands that are owned by private landowners, and the extent to 
which they manage the vegetation and the habitat there, allows that 
water to be filtered naturally before it arrives at a lake or a river. 

Texas landowners take stewardship seriously. Gissell 
says he hopes this remains true as ownership changes.

19— The former farms and ranches that were owned by some of 
the original settlement families in Texas are being sold off and 
broken up to some degree; we call that habitat fragmentation. As 
landowners acquire those lands, we think it is very important that 
they understand the role of stewardship, and managing and 
conserving wildlife habitat.

The Wildlife restoration program supports our series 
and helps to fund the management of Texas’ 50 Wildlife 
Management Areas. 

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

Total sound bite time:		           0:33.0
Maximum Script time:                            0:52.0        Suggested show time: 85.0 = 1:25