TPW MAGAZINE—HURRICANE HARVEY… If there’s one thing 
you can say about the Texas spirit, it’s this:  [06 “…and 
handle it.”]. Texans after Hurricane Harvey…on Passport to 
Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

The November issue of TPW magazine includes stories 
from Hurricane Harvey. But that wasn’t the original plan.

14—By the time we write about something, send it off to press, 
get it back—months can go by. So, we had to really fast-track 
this November issue, and decided to remove a couple of stories. 
We don’t have our usual travel feature or our wander list.

Editor, Louie Bond, says she wanted to tell the story of 
Harvey from the TPW standpoint.

17—We decided to forego all of the stuff that people had been 
seeing over and over again and just tell our own story—and 
that’s what we did. So, we told the story from the perspective of 
game wardens and rescuers, from those who were being 
rescued. And the impact, of course, on state parks, wildlife 
management areas, and wildlife, itself.

Read about Game Warden Dustin Dockery, who spent 
days helping others, as his own home was consumed by 
floodwaters. Hear from TPW Photographer Earl 
Nottingham, who also covered Hurricanes Ike and Katrina.

17—And I asked him what was different about Harvey. And he 
said he believed that the Texas spirit had never been more 
present. People would see the logo on his truck, and they would 
pull up with boats in the back of their trucks and say: Where can 
we go? What can we do? As the crisis is happening. They didn’t 
waste a moment.

The November issue of TPW magazine is on newsstands 
now.  

Our show receives funding from Ram Trucks. Guts. Glory. 
Ram

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


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