PBS Show November 6-12, 2016, #2504

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Channel: Texas Parks and Wildlife · 2016 · Travel & Events

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Program 2504. Air dates November 6-12, 2016 & May 7-13, 2017

Flying the Franklins, Hunting for Food & A Frog Pond

Flying the Franklins
Take to the skies and fly with the birds at Franklin Mountains State Park. With the right wind and a perfect place to launch this state park is prime territory when it comes to Paragliding. 

My Frog Pond
When you spend most of your working day staring at computer screens, it’s nice to enjoy nature when you get off work. Show producer Don Cash has created a haven for frogs & other wildlife at his home in Austin.

Lone Star Land Steward: Blue Mountain Peak Ranch
When Richard Taylor and his late wife, Sally, moved to Texas in 2001 and bought land in the heart of Mason County, they knew their work was cut out. The land was in desperate need of restoration. Fifteen years later, the Taylors’ dedication to habitat and wildlife conservation has earned their Blue Mountain Peak Ranch recognition as the 2016 Leopold Conservation Award recipient for Texas.

Will Hunt for Food
Marshall Wright is an Austin blogger, a gourmet cook, and now a… hunter?  Urbanites interested in healthy, tasty, locally-sourced foods are trying hunting for the first time.  Follow Marshall as he learns about hunting from this new perspective.  

Postcard From Texas
Discover some of the wildlife at Yoakum Dunes Wildlife Management Area.

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