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Video Documentaries - Narrator Profiles

Here is a selection of more than 210 of our shorter, 2-3 minute video pieces, excerpted from our interviews with numerous narrators, and interspliced with scenes of Texas habitat, wildlife, cities and industries.  The videos seek to give a brief introduction to the character and interests of particular conservationists, and also serve as an invitation to learn more about their life and works in our longer and more complete materials.  The videos are presented here in the Flash and Real Media format.

Many of you are likely familiar with the Flash software, but if Real Media is new to you, please know that the current version of the free PC Real Media player (version 11) allows a user to not just stream video, but also save it for use later.  To do that, after you double-click on a Real file that you'd like to see, just look under the command, "File", you'll see the menu "Record", and then "Record this Clip", which should store the file on your computer.  We hope that this new feature gives you more flexibility in how you use the Texas Legacy materials.

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Marjorie Adams, an Austin columnist and filmmaker, remembers the difficulty of publishing environmental articles in a Beaumont newspaper - Flash or Real.

Bill Addington, a Sierra Blanca grocer and landowner, recalls the fight against a proposed local radioactive waste site - Flash or Real.

John Ahrns, a nature guide in Round Mountain, explains the function and value of groundwater and springs - Flash or Real.

John Ahrns tells about the rarity and importance of silence amid the din of modern life - Flash or Real,

Richard Alles, a San Antonio activist fights to protect urban trees from development and road construction - Flash or Real.

Susan Almanza, an Austin community organizer, promotes environmental justice - Flash or Real.

Tony Amos, a Port Aransas  oceanographer, explains the conflicts within the Texas shrimping community over the use of Turtle Excluder Devices - Flash or Real.

Jim Bill Anderson, a cattle grazer in Canadian, tells about his effort to operate his ranch more sustainably - Flash or Real.

Lanell Anderson, a Channelview realtor and activist, works against petrochemical air pollution along the Houston Ship channel - Flash or Real.

George Archibald, an ornithologist, describes the origin of his interest in cranes, which led to the founding of the International Crane Foundation - Flash or Real.

Dede Armentrout, a San Marcos zoology professor and former regional Audubon Society director, explains the biological risks of private game ranches and wildlife breeding - Flash or Real.

Bob Armstrong, an Austin politician, recalls the effort to acquire Matagorda Island as a park - Flash or Real.

Mary Arnold, an Austin citizen activist, explains the effort to set aside local habitat to mitigate nearby development - Flash or Real.

Sue Bailey, the owner of Bridge City marina, describes the annual butterfly migration through her community - Flash or Real.

J.D. Bamberger, a Johnson City rancher, explains the need to develop a conservation ethic, both in the country and city - Real.

Malcolm Beck, a San Antonio agricultural supplier, promotes compost to improve soil - Flash or Real.

Mavis Belisle, a peace advocate, monitors nuclear weapons and waste issues at the Amarillo-based Peace Farm - Flash or Real.

Maria Berriozabal, San Antonio politician, explains her deep love of water, and passion for its protection - Flash or Real.

Janice Bezanson, an Austin river advocate, recalls the political reaction to a fight against a dam - Flash or Real.

Alan Birkenfeld raises and sells grass-fed beef, lamb and chicken from his ranch near Nazareth - Flash or Real.

Darryl Birkenfeld, an educator in Nazareth, explains the value of local "foodsheds" - Real.

Darryl Birkenfeld, as a former priest, tells how his training in the Church teaches him a respect for the integrity of nature - Flash or Real.

Jim Blackburn, a Houston environmental attorney, describes the often unseen value of Houston's native ecosystems - Flash or Real.

David Blankinship, an Alamo  biologist, works to study and protect Valley wildlife refuges - Flash or Real.

Deyaun Boudreaux, a Laguna Vista shrimper, explains the interplay of Gulf  shrimping and turtle protection - Flash or Real.

Mike Bradshaw, a Carrizo Springs game warden, recalls his early career and work against deer poaching - Flash or Real.

Betty Brink, a Fort Worth journalist, recalls the opposition to construction of the Comanche Peak nuclear plant - Flash or Real.

George Bristol, an Austin lobbyist, poet and businessman, explains how Texas state parks and land protection opportunities are being neglected - Flash or Real.

Al Brothers, a Berclair rancher,  promotes good deer herd, hunting business and habitat management together - Flash or Real.

John Bryant, a former Congressional representative from Dallas, explained efforts to regulate clearcutting in national forests - Flash or Real.

Winnie Burkett, a Clear Lake ornithologist, explains sanctuary plans for protecting songbirds, shorebirds, and raptors - Flash or Real.

Bob Burleson, a Temple attorney, explorer, and prairie expert, tells of hosting Justice William O. Douglas on Texas adventures - Flash or Real.

Bob & Mickey Burleson describe their work restoring a tallgrass native prairie near Temple - Flash or Real.

Mickey Burleson, a journalist from Temple, explains the spiritual base for her love of nature - Flash or Real.

Alma Burnam, a Fort Worth school teacher, brings environmental questions and lessons into the classroom - Flash or Real.

Earl Burnam, a Fort Worth businessman and activist, shares his love for the Big Bend desert - Flash or Real.

T.C. Calvert, a San Antonio community organizer, tackles air pollution problems - Flash or Real.

Mary Lou Campbell, a gallery owner in Mercedes, explains the effort to protect the Laguna Madre from channel dredging and spoil disposal - Flash or Real.

Neil Carman, a former state pollution investigator based in Austin, tells of inspections of a major smelter in El Paso - Flash or Real.

John Carpenter, a Fort Stockton oilman, recalls the old Comanche Springs when they still flowed near his hometown - Flash or Real.

Scooter Cheatham, an Austin ethnobotanist, explains the many uses of native desert plants - Flash or Real.

Russell Clapper, a Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, remembers early efforts to protect and restore the whooping crane - Flash or Real.

H.C. Clark, a Houston geologist and professor, merges academics and advocacy in his work - Flash or Real.

Bessie Cornelius, a Beaumont birder, describes the effect of DDT on the Gulf of Mexico's brown pelican population - Flash or Real.

Ernie Cortes, an organizer relates social justice theories to San Antonio - Flash or Real.

Felix Cox, an Aransas Pass commercial fisherman, tells of the danger of a Gulf storm - Flash or Real.

David Crossley, a Houston  photographer and planning advocate, points out the city's compact roots which preceded its famous sprawl - Flash or Real.

Carol Cullar, an Eagle Pass teacher uses the wonder of butterfly migrations to teach about the global web of life - Flash or Real.

Susan Curry, an Alpine activist, lobbies to reform state environmental agencies - Flash or Real.

Tom Curry, an Alpine graphic artist, works against a proposed NAFTA highway that would disrupt rural communities and habitat - Flash or Real.

Fred Dahmer, a student of the Caddo Lake system, recounts the clearing of the great Red River logjam - Flash or Real.

Walt Davis, a Red River valley rancher, shows how holistic agriculture can restore healthy soils - Flash or Real.

Bill Dawson, a Houston journalist, recalls his research and writing on air pollution's impact on neighboring communities - Flash or Real.

Larry DeMartino, a San Antonio landscape architect, recounts the history and value of prairie grasslands - Flash or Real.

Donnie Dendy, a Perryton farmer, explains his concern about confined feeding operations - Flash or Real.

Alfred Dominic, a church deacon in Port Arthur, speaks of his concern about nearby PCB incinerators - Flash or Real.

Richard Donovan, a Lufkin realtor, describes his canoe trips to document and publicize risks to the Neches River - Flash or Real.

Robin Doughty, an Austin historian, shares his poems about whooping cranes - Flash or Real.

Lou Dubose, an Austin writer and editor, talks about journalistic ethics and environmental coverage - Flash or Real.

Helen Dutmer, a local politician, sees sprawl and downtown neglect in San Antonio - Flash or Real.

Jim Earhart, a Laredo biologist, explains his concerns about toxic chemicals in the Rio Grande - Flash or Real.

John Echols, a military veteran from Uncertain, recounts his work to protect the Caddo Lake area - Flash or Real.

Bob Eckhardt, a state and federal representative for Houston, recalls how the Big Thicket National Preserve was created - Flash or Real.

Jim Eidson, a Celeste botanist, tells of his work to restore the blackland tallgrass prairie - Flash or Real.

Victor Emanuel, an Austin birder and nature tour guide, explains the start and ultimate success of the Freeport bird count - Flash or Real.

Midge Erskine, a long-time operator of a Midland wildlife rehabilitation facility, tells of the effort to protect birds from drowning in waste oil pits - Flash or Real.

Ted Eubanks, an Austin travel consultant, advocates outdoor access and recreation - Flash or Real.

Sissy Farenthold, a former state representative from Corpus Christi, recounts the harsh reality of insider politics - Flash or Real.

Shudde Fath, an Austin utility board member, remembers the controversy over buying into the South Texas Nuclear Project - Flash or Real.

Bebe Fenstermaker, a Boerne rancher, shows how birds and birders helped to protect her family lands - Flash or Real

Martha Fenstermaker, a Laredo artist, fights to save her family ranch from road agencies - Flash or Real.

Sissy Fenstermaker, a neighbor, remembers the preservation of the historic military post at Fort Davis - Flash or Real.

Merriwood Ferguson, a Brownsville builder, recalls the work to protect wildlife corridors in the Valley - Flash or Real.

Ben Figueroa, a Kingsville social worker, explains the politics of opposing a uranium mine - Flash or Real.

Pliny Fisk, an Austin architect, explains the development of sustainable designs - Flash or Real.

Hal Flanders, an Alpine naturalist, tells of the diversity and richness of a desert river - Flash or Real.

David Freeman, a utility executive, recalls the debate over dropping plans for a proposed lignite strip mine in Fayette County - Flash or Real.

Johnny French, a Corpus Christi biologist, discusses dredging and seagrasses in the Laguna Madre - Real.

 

 

Carl Frentress, a wildlife biologist in Athens, remembers the clearing and impounding of Lake Athens - Flash or Real.

Ned Fritz, a Dallas environmental attorney, reflects on his life-long love of nature - Flash or Real.

Ned Fritz tells of the Forest Service's adoption of prescribed burning in the national forests of east Texas - Flash or Real.

Ygnacio Garza, a former Brownsville mayor, talks about work to improve water treatment - Flash or Real.

Beverly Gattis, an Amarillo activist, remembers her anti-nuclear efforts - Flash or Real.

Phyllis Glazer, a Winona rancher, explains the fight for environmental justice near a hazardous waste site - Flash or Real.

Katherine Goodbar, a Dallas teacher, believes in how field trips to the outdoors can help students - Flash or Real.

Jeanne Gramstorff, a Farnsworth banker, discusses the flaws in intensive hog-farming operations - Real.

Jesse Grantham, a Rockport botanist and ornithologist, explains his concern about rare shorebirds - Flash or Real.

John Graves, a Glen Rose author, muses on the relationship between humans and the land - Flash or Real.

John Graves explains his view about the difference between literature and propaganda, and then reads a passage from his work - Flash or Real.

J.D. Green, a retired ranch foreman, helps direct a community garden in Houston's inner city - Flash or Real.

Meg Guerra, a Laredo rancher and publisher, discusses public health in the colonias - Flash or Real.

Pete Gunter, a Denton philosophy professor, explains how private timber firms are gradually improving the sustainability of their lumber  operations - Flash or Real.

Pete Gunter sings a song lampooning the grandiose early proposals to transport water from the Mississippi to the High Plains - Flash or Real.

Ann Hamilton, a Houston philanthropist, advocates for increased open space - Flash or Real.

Grover Hankins, a civil rights attorney and professor in Houston, discusses cases of environmental pollution and justice - Flash or Real.

Richard Harrel, a biology professor in Beaumont, explains the biodiversity of the Big Thicket National Preserve - Flash or Real.

Adlene Harrison, a former Dallas EPA Administrator, confronts politics and air pollution - Flash or Real.

Ed Harte, a Corpus Christi newspaper publisher, describes the fight to establish the Padre Island National Seashore - Flash or Real.

Stuart Henry, an Austin attorney, fights against the damming of Texas rivers - Flash or Real.

Tootsie Herndon, the Spofford mayor, recounts her small community's lopsided battle against a waste site - Flash or Real.

Sylvia Herrera, an Austin activist, explains the health effects that stem from a local power plant - Flash or Real.

Terry Hershey, a philanthropist, works to prevent flood damage along Houston bayous - Flash or Real.

Jim Hightower, the Austin populist, critiques the use of chemicals in agriculture - Flash or Real.

Henry Hildebrand, a Corpus Christi marine biologist, tells of politics and shrimping - Flash or Real.

Tim Hixon, a San Antonio builder, recalls the creation of Government Canyon park - Flash or Real.

Dennis Holbrook, a Mission citrus farmer, describes his switch from conventional to organic agriculture - Flash or Real.

Buddy Hollis, a naturalist in Newton, explains an innovative effort to save the rare Red Cockaded Woodpecker - Flash or Real.

Clark Hubbs, an Austin icthyologist and professor, seeks appreciation and protection for fish - Flash or Real.

Susan Hughes, a San Antonio birder, explains the value of urban wildscape to people and animals - Flash or Real.

Reggie James, an Austin advocate, questions the safety of genetically engineered products - Flash or Real.

Pat Johnson, a Fayetteville artist, tells about her work to set aside a nature park and trail near a power plant - Flash or Real.

Maxine Johnston, a Batson librarian, recalls the effort to create the Big Thicket National Preserve - Flash or Real.

Don Kennard, a former state senator from Fort Worth, recalls  introducing legislation to regulate DDT - Flash or Real.

Marie Killebrew, a rancher from Canadian, recalls pioneering days in the Panhandle - Flash or Real.

Michael King, an editor in Austin, discusses the role of an independent press in environmental reporting - Flash or Real.

Walt Kittelberger, a Port Mansfield fishing guide, reports on the thrills of sportfishing in the Laguna Madre - Flash or Real.

Tonya Kleuskens, a Dawn farmer explains work to stop a Panhandle nuclear waste disposal site - Flash or Real.

Stephen Klineberg, a Houston sociology professor, studies the balance between economic development and environment protection - Flash or Real.

Ken Kramer, a non-profit leader in Austin, recalls the Sierra Club's work to protect the Edwards Aquifer from overpumping - Flash or Real.

Frank Kurzaj, a San Antonio priest, supports environmental dialogue in the Church - Flash or Real.

David Langford, a Boerne photographer, explains the value of hunting to the rural economy and habitat - Flash or Real.

Dan Lay, an early Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist from Nacogdoches, explains how dams hurt fisheries and waterfowl - Flash or Real.

Rob Lee, an Amarillo game warden, recalls undercover poaching investigations - Flash or Real.

Marvin Legator, a Galveston toxicologist, points out the gaps in chemical risk assessments - Flash or Real.

Richard LeTourneau, a Longview machinist, remembers a childhood encounter that forged a life of conservation - Flash or Real.

Ruth Lofgren, a San Antonio microbiologist, talks about the beauty and essential role of microbial decomposers - Flash or Real.

Rick Lowerre, an Austin attorney, explains the power of organized landowners in challenging hazardous waste sites and facilities - Flash or Real.

Lynn Lowrey, a Houston plantsman, is remembered by his fellow plant explorers, collectors, and propagators, including Scooter Cheatham, David Creech, John Fairey, Mary Anne Pickens, Carl Schoenfeld, and Mike Shoup - Flash or Real.

Kamlesh Lulla, a NASA geologist, uses space imagery for a big view of Texas and the global environment - Flash or Real.

Jim Lynch, a Dell City farmer, expresses his concern about possible  radioactive waste contamination of the local aquifer and the farming community it supports - Flash or Real.

Mary Lynch, a Dell City publisher, helps expose flaws in plans for a radioactive waste site - Flash or Real.

Susan Lynch, a Rio Frio landowner, tracks the effort to clean up and protect the Frio River - Flash or Real.

Roy Malveaux, a Beaumont minister, rallies his congregation for cleaner air and water - Flash or Real.

Brandt Mannchen, a Houston air pollution investigator, explains the value of traditional command-and-control regulation - Flash or Real.

David Marrack, a Houston physician, reflects on the politics of epidemiological research - Flash or Real.

Carla Marshall, an Austin educator, describes how she teaches young children about the workings of watersheds and aquifers - Real.

Leroy Matthiesen, emeritus Bishop for Amarillo, reflects on the simple pleasures and connections with the Earth - Flash or Real.

Leroy Matthiesen explains how the life and beliefs of St. Francis have given him a love of nature - Real.

James Matz, a former Calhoun County Commissioner, explains his concerns about canal dredging through the Laguna Madre - Flash or Real.

Craig McDonald, an Austin political reformer, lays out the links among  campaign gifts, lobbying work and pollution exemptions - Flash or Real.

Bob McFarlane, a Houston ecological consultant, contrasts the approaches of scientists and engineers to environmental problems - Flash or Real.

Terry McIntire, an Arlington businessman, defends his family homestead near the Paluxy River from a proposed dam - Flash or Real.

Billy Pat McKinney, a Marathon biologist, tells of his work to restore mountain lions - Flash or Real.

Bonnie McKinney, a Marathon biologist, explains her efforts for black bear recovery - Flash or Real.

Pleas McNeel, a San Antonio media activist, connects consumer and TV culture - Flash or Real.

Ike McWhorter, a Silsbee forest steward, reinstates fire to restore east Texas woodlands - Flash or Real.

Marty Melosi, a Houston history professor, discusses the long debate over recycling, consumption, and sustainability - Flash or Real.

Susan Mika, a San Antonio nun, investigates health problems on the US/Mexico border - Flash or Real.

Susan Mika explains how faith gives her charity towards those suffering from maquiladora pollution along the border - Real.

Char Miller, a San Antonio historian, shows how the city grew and evolved with its paths, streets and highways - Flash or Real.

Char Millertracks the history of U.S. public forests in a half-hour segment - Flash or Real.

Joe Moore, Jr., a former agency official, talks in San Marcos about early efforts to maintain estuarine inflows - Flash or Real.

Jim Neal, a Nacogdoches wildlife biologist, explains the important habitat found in bottomland hardwood forests - Flash or Real.

Bill Neiman, a Junction farmer, provides native seeds for prairie restoration - Flash or Real.

Gerald North, a Texas A&M physicist, outlines future scenarios for Texas as the climate changes - Flash or Real.

Clarence Ogle, a self-sufficient Fredericksburg farmer, explains how he raises and harvests tank-raised tilapia - Flash or Real.

Gary Oldham, a Samnorwood cotton farmer, produces organic  textiles - Flash or Real.

Bill Oliver, an Austin musician, shares a witty song about Barton Springs - Flash or Real.

 

 

Gary Oliver, a Marfa musician concerned about radioactive material in west Texas, sings a parody about the perils of nuclear waste - Flash or Real.

Gary Oliver remembers drawing cartoons that lampooned nuclear energy bureaucrats and industrialists - Flash or Real.

Terry O'Rourke, a former state and Harris county attorney, recalls the prosecution of industrial polluters - Flash or Real.

Terry O'Rourke laments the lack of appreciation for the diversity and vulnerability of the native Texas landscape - Flash or Real.

Keith Ozmore, a former staffer for Rep. Bob Eckhardt, recalls the pollution cleanup of the Houston Ship Channel - Flash or Real.

Marcos Paredes, a Lajitas ranger, describes the protection of the Rio Grande's Wild and Scenic reaches - Flash or Real.

Larhea Pepper grows and markets organic cotton for an O'Donnell co-op - Flash or Real.

Mary Anne Piacentini, a Houston planner, talks about how haphazard and planned growth can affect both older and newer neighborhoods - Flash or Real.

Ellis Pickett, a Liberty surfer and coastal activist, laments the health risk, secrecy and lack of testing for water quality - Flash or Real.

Tom Pincelli, a Harlingen priest, talks about the value of birds and ecotourism in the Valley - Flash or Real.

Tom Pincelli shows how his Catholic beliefs call him to find harmony with the natural world - Real.

Billy Platt, Sr., a Jasper state game warden, recalls the dangers of working with outlaw hunters - Flash or Real.

Sue Pope, a Midlothian landowner and mother works to improve health and air quality near a cement kiln - Flash or Real.

John Prager, a Smithville veteran, describes the effects of modern lignite strip mining - Flash or Real.

Daniel Quinn, a Houston author, reflects on the fate of a human society divorced from the broader community of life - Flash or Real.

Armando Quintanilla, a San Antonio aircraft mechanic, fights groundwater pollution - Flash or Real.

Bob Randall, a community gardener in Houston, adapts his lawn to the native plants, soil and climate - Flash or Real.

Campbell Read, a professor in Dallas, examines the theological basis of stewardship - Flash or Real.

George Rice, a San Antonio hydrologist, explains the need to protect the Edwards Aquifer and its recharge zone - Flash or Real.

Susan Rieff, a former Texas Parks and Wildlife manager, recalls the controversy over plans to expand the Houston Ship Channel - Flash or Real.

Chester Rowell, a Marfa botanist, explains the delicate and diverse adaptations of desert plants to their harsh environment - Flash or Real.

George Russell, a Huntsville video producer, presses for the protection of east Texas forestland - Flash or Real.

Fran Sage, an Alpine educator, discusses the effects and mitigation of light pollution near the McDonald Observatory - Flash or Real.

Fran Sage, reads her poem about the bittersweet experience of living in the high West Texas desert - Flash or Real .

Andy Sansom, an Austin journalist, exposes construction flaws at a nuclear plant - Flash or Real.

Ben Sargent, an Austin editorial cartoonist, addresses mass transit issues - Flash or Real.

Carol Ann Sayle, an Austin organic farmer, encourages sustainable agriculture and soil health - Flash or Real.

John Scanlan, an Austin attorney, discusses the gap between planned and actual urban growth - Flash or Real.

Ed Scharf, a businessman from Helotes, tells about his efforts to protect the rural Hill Country - Flash or Real.

Irene Scharf, a Helotes librarian, recounts her political campaign as a Green Party candidate - Flash or Real.

Jim Schermbeck, a Slaton organizer and video producer, recalls anti-nuclear civil disobedience - Flash or Real.

David Schmidly, a Lubbock biologist, accounts for the need to acquire more public land - Flash or Real.

Babe Schwartz, the former Galveston state senator, explains the need to keep Texas beaches clear and open to the public - Flash or Real.

Peggy Sechrist, a Fredericksburg educator, explains the idea of solar dollars - Flash or Real.

Richard Sechrist, a Fredericksburg rancher, raises grass-fed beef to lower E.coli risk - Flash or Real.

Ken Seyffert, an Amarillo birdwatcher, enjoys prairie chicken antics - Flash or Real.

Carroll Shaddock, a Houston corporate attorney, explains the public subsidy of freeway billboards - Flash or Real.

Bill Sheffield, a wildlife biologist in College Station, discusses the impacts of exotic invasive animals such as feral hogs - Flash or Real.

Dwight Shellman, an attorney in Karnak, describes the history and biology of Caddo Lake - Flash or Real.

Larry Shelton, a Nacogdoches cabinetmaker, describes how the boom-and-bust nature of the early timber industry harmed east Texas' ecology and economy - Flash or Real.

Ted Siff, an Austin open-space advocate, tells the history of parks in the capitol city - Flash or Real.

Fay Sinkin, a member of the Edwards Underground Water District, explains how xeriscape was introduced to San Antonio's residents - Flash or Real.

Lanny Sinkin, an environmental attorney from San Antonio, tells of the suit against the Navy for sonar's impact on whales - Flash or Real.

George Smith, a Houston dentist, reports on newly recognized sources of air pollution - Flash or Real.

Russel Smith, an Austin trade representative, touts the value of alternative energy - Flash or Real.

Tom "Smitty" Smith, an Austin lobbyist, uses witty tactics for lobbying and media outreach - Flash or Real.

Steve Smith, a Deer Park petrochemical worker, explains some of the dangers of working in and living near the industry facilities - Flash or Real.

Carmine Stahl, a Houston naturalist and teacher, reads his poetry about Texas rainstorms - Flash or Real.

David Stall, a city manager based in Fayetteville, laments the lack of public participation in the proposed Trans Texas Corridor highway system - Flash or Real.

Linda Stall, a Fayetteville escrow agent, explains the wide opposition to the Trans Texas Corridor, a plan for a tolled, privately-operated highway network - Flash or Real.

Sharron Stewart, a Lake Jackson activist, explains the risks of coastal litter - Flash or Real.

Jim Stinebaugh, an Austin game warden, recounts a trial for eagle killing - Flash or Real.

Pat Suter, a Corpus Christi chemistry professor, recalls the lack of local safeguards over the risky handling of uranium ore - Flash or Real.

Jim Teer, a Texas A&M wildlife biology professor, remembers how deer surveys of the 1950s led to more responsible permits and harvests - Flash or Real.

Ellen Temple, a Lufkin publisher, tells how plantings of native wildflowers were >encouraged along the state's highways - Flash or Real.

Lucie Wray Todd, a Columbus rancher and philanthropist, discusses an environmental education effort that the Audubon Society launched in Houston schools - Flash or Real.

Benito Trevino, a Rio Grande City native plant raiser, shares traditional wisdom on the uses of mesquite - Flash or Real.

Benito Trevino explains how the native yucca plant can be used for food, fiber, soap or shelter - Flash or Real.

Carlos Truan, a former Texas State Senator from Corpus Christi, remembers the struggle to protect public health from environmental risks - Real.

Merlin Tuttle, a bat biologist based in Austin, describes how bats play a valuable role in controlling agricultural pests - Flash or Real.

Nancy Umphres, a Zapata wildlife rehabilitator, remembers saving an injured bobcat to later release it into the wild - Flash or Real.

Genevieve Vaughan, an Austin donor and philosopher, decries the market's harm to communities and nature - Flash or Real.

Genevieve Vaughan explains how Dianic worship reaches for contact with the order and force of nature - Real.

Tom Vaughan, a Laredo biologist, explains the source of toxics in the Rio Grande - Flash or Real.

George Veni, a San Antonio hydrogeologist, explains the vulnerability of the Hill Country aquifers - Flash or Real.

Gail Vittori, an Austin educator, promotes rainwater harvesting methods - Flash or Real.

Gary Vliet, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Texas, remembers his students' entry in a solar electric car race - Flash or Real.

Geraldine Watson, a botanist near Silsbee, remembers efforts to create the Big Thicket National Preserve - Flash or Real.

Evangeline Whorton, a former Galveston civic leader, explains how over-development of the Island threatens habitat, wildlife and residents - Flash or Real.

Andy Wilkinson, a Lubbock singer-songwriter, recalls dust storms of the 1950s - Real.

Andy Wilkinson sings about the Ogallala groundwater, so precious to the dry Panhandle - Flash or Real.

Laverne Williams, a Houston architect, describes the goal for truly green, sustainable building - Flash or Real.

Fred Wills, a San Antonio biologist, tells about ash juniper facts and myths, and the risk of over-clearing - Flash or Real.

Diane Wilson, a Seadrift shrimper, remembers conflicts with game wardens - Flash or Real.

Billie Woods, an Elgin musician, organizes neighbors against industrial air pollution in their rural community - Flash or Real.

Ken Zarker, a state agency official from Austin, explains how recycling can bring new value to used goods - Flash or Real.

Barrie Zimmelman, an urban planner and community activist, remembers the effort to revitalize Houston's downtown - Real.

 

 
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