On PBS Stations This Week January 11-17, 2026

Bighorn Lambs, Fledgling Birders, Durable Design

Biologists trek into the backcountry searching for bighorn lambs in the Franklin Mountains. A team of young birders, the Happy Hawks, partake in the Great Texas Birding Classic as they search for birds from Houston to Galveston. Coastal state parks need durable structures and design students need projects. See what the Gulf Coast DesignLab at UT Austin is building in parks along the coast.

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January 18-24, 2026

Bee Seeker, Urban Nests, Wade Fishing

A North Texas researcher investigates the health of our most productive native pollinators, and how we might simply help them bee. Hidden high in branches above the Colorado River in downtown Austin sit a group of nests belonging to a colony of Great Blue Herons. Join a fishing trip for black drum in the shallow waters of the upper Laguna Madre.

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January 25-31, 2026

Greener Gulfton, Ranger Laney, Preaching Taxidermist

A park interpreter goes out of her way to make sure all Dinosaur Valley State Park visitors can find a way to connect with nature. In a Houston neighborhood, community members are using nature as a solution to combat blazing temperatures and improve physical and mental health. Meet a man in Utopia who helps save souls, when he isn't helping save lasting mementos of hunting and fishing trips.

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February 1-7, 2026

Government Canyon, Paddling Trails, Scrappin Valley

Government Canyon State Natural Area provides a crucial source of drinking water for San Antonio residents. Experience the slow-moving water and natural beauty of Martin Dies, Jr. State Park. Thanks to good stewardship and a lot of birdhouses, the Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers of Scrappin Valley are doing so well that they're being exported to other forests that need them.

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