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TPWD News Release — June 14, 2004
Passport to Texas, TPWD’s radio series of weekday, 90-second stories is broadcast on about 100 Texas stations. Airing the week of June 7-11, We’ll tell you how a Central Texas county is making sure its local river is accessible to everyone. Plus, do you know how many rivers and streams there are in Texas? Before you get out a map and start counting, we’ll tell you.
For more information, visit the Web (http://www.passporttotexas.org/).
TPWD provides video news reports that run in newscasts on numerous Texas stations, as well as on cable and satellite outlets around the nation.
"Texas Parks & Wildlife" is a weekly half-hour television series seen on PBS affiliates around the state. The episode that airs the week of June 13-20, Problems both natural and man-made threaten the Rio Grande; Balmorhea State Park; noisy woodpeckers; homemade bat cave; reel repair; the movie star train; and San Marcos River paddlers.
For more information about this week’s programs and where they can be viewed, visit the Web (http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/tv).
Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine is always available on newsstands throughout the state and by subscription for $19.95 a year. To subscribe, call (800) 937-9393 or order online (http://www.tpwmagazine.com/).
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