On PBS Stations This Week July 12-18, 2026

Snapping Turtles, Cooper State Park, Future Fishing Holes

Protected alligator snapping turtles are returned to their natural habitats, after the trafficked animals are saved from interstate poachers. Cooper State Park in northeastern Texas offers shady campsites and cabins, a large lake, and plenty of fun. Fisheries biologist Dan Bennett is working to turn two new Texas reservoirs into trophy bass fishing destinations.

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July 19-25, 2026

Baffin Bay, Palmetto State Park, Living with Bears

The salty waters of Baffin Bay have long been a fishing hotspot for anglers on the Texas coast, and folks are working hard to keep it that way. With its lush forest floor and swampy marshes, Palmetto State Park is an unusual slice of the tropics in central Texas. In the high Chihuahuan desert just north of Terlingua, residents are once again learning to live with bears.

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July 26-August 1, 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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August 2-8, 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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