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Baby Bobcat


This may be the first vehicle this little guy has ever seen! Encounters like this remind us why giving wildlife plenty of space matters. If you spot animals in our parks, observe from afar, stay on trails, and let nature do its thing. 💚 🎥: Ranger Abran #bobcat #bobcats #texas #wildlife #conservation #conservationefforts #texasstateparks #esterollanograndestatepark

Baffin Bay, Palmetto State Park, & Living with Bears | Texas Parks & Wildlife Series (Trailer)


Episode 14, Season 41 of Texas Parks & Wildlife Series airing January 4-10, 2026 - Program 3414. 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. When to watch on Texas PBS stations: https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/tv/tvwhere.phtml

Post Holiday Blues


We just gotta power through... 📽️ @laredopalominos Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center #texas #wildlife #conservation #conservationefforts #hornedlizard #lizard #laredo #laredotx #tpwdiscover #tpwd #youtubeshorts #shortsfeed #shortsvideo

Lone Star Hiking Trail & South Llano River State Park | Texas Parks & Wildlife Series (Full Episode)


Episode 9, Season 41 of Texas Parks & Wildlife, a weekly PBS series about the great outdoors. Follow along as a young adventurer tackles her first long-distance hike on the longest trail in Texas and feel her triumphs as well as her aching feet. Visit a Hill Country state park that offers tubing and fishing on the South Llano, and hiking and biking in the hills around it. The Hundred-Mile Hike - 1:49 Follow a young hiker on her first long-distance hike on the longest trail in Texas: The Lone Star Hiking Trail. Share in her triumphs, as well as her fatigue and blisters. South Llano River - 18:43 This Texas Hill Country park, near the town of Junction, has the cure for what ails you. Tubing for the summer sizzle, biking for the weekend warrior, birding for the quiet escape, and some serious fly-fishing for those that crave a tug on the line. Postcard From Texas: Breakfast at Mason Mountain - 23:34 Visit one of the new prairie dog towns at Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Central Texas. Prairie dogs are key players in healthy ecosystems—they enrich the soil and create habitat for many other species. Chapters: Intro - 00:00 Long Distance Hike- 1:49 South Llano River - 18:43 Mason Mountain Prairie Dogs - 23:34 Share a story from this episode: https://youtu.be/Y8wyOsx3QmE https://youtu.be/2Y4rAFncpy8 Episode 9, Season 41, Program 3409 Air Dates: November 30-December 6, 2025 & June 14-20, 2026 When to watch on Texas PBS stations: https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/tv/tvwhere.phtml Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/texasparksandwildlife Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/texasparkswildlife/ #texasoutdoors #outdooradventure #outdoors #texas #nature #documentary #fullepisode #texasstateparks #stateparks #statepark

Turkey Time


Time for some turkey talk… 👀 Turkeys have excellent vision and can hone in on noises from a mile away. 👃🏼 The fleshy appendage draping over a turkey’s beak is called a snood. That’s also the name of a hair accessory. 😢 100 years ago, turkeys almost disappeared from Texas due to unregulated hunting and loss of habitat. 🦃 Thanks to conservation efforts, Texas now has some of the highest densities of turkeys in the country, with wild turkeys inhabiting over 200 counties throughout the state.