On PBS Stations This Week August 17-23, 2025

Lights Out for Birds, Goose Island, Building a Park

Follow volunteers monitoring bird injuries and mortalities in downtown Dallas and learn how keeping our lights out during migration can help our feathered friends. Feel the Gulf breezes and listen to the lapping water at Goose Island State Park north of Corpus Christi. Kim Shelton has spent most of her life living in state parks and now she is helping build one from the ground up.

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August 24-30, 2025

A Weekend at Ray Roberts Lake

Spend a weekend at Ray Roberts Lake State Park and explore why camping families, biking clubs, horse riders, dog walkers and anglers choose to spend their leisure time at this multi-faceted park north of Denton. While the large lake and oak-covered hills that make up the park feel far away from urban life, this escape is surprisingly close to the bustling cities of Dallas and Fort Worth.

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August 31-September 6, 2025

Alligator Tracking, Goliad Illumination, Habitat Barge

Join a team of scientists as they study the elusive American alligator in the wetlands along the upper Texas coast. Witness “The Illumination,” a special annual event that highlights the architectural mysteries of Mission Espiritu Santo at Goliad State Park & Historic Site. Anglers create new underwater habitat for fish by recycling leftover construction debris.

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September 7-13, 2025

Austin Food Forest, Birding Oasis, Conservation Leader

Volunteers maintain a lush urban greenspace in the middle of downtown Austin. In the driest region of Texas, some ingenious landowners have created their own desert birding oases. Conservation biologist Angela England works to stop a 20-foot-tall grass from taking over Texas creeks and rivers.

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