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Video Documentaries - Themes

Here is a selection of some 210 of our documentaries, sorted by theme, touching on a variety of the ecological, political, and social aspects of our state's conservation challenges.  The videos are presented here in Flash and Real Media formats.

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Agriculture

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

Sowing the Seeds has Bob & Mickey Burleson, J.D. Green, and Benito Trevino describe the value of plants, horticulture and agriculture in the Blackland Prairie, Coastal Plain and Rio Grande Valley - Real -   20 min.

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

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

From the Ground Up collects stories about organic produce and grain farming from Jim Hightower, Carol Ann Sayle, Darryl Birkenfeld, Malcolm Beck, Reggie James, and Eric Michielssen, with a humorous touch from Gumby. (produced in cooperation with the Environmental Center of San Luis) - Flash or Real - 29 min.

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

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

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

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

Marie Killebrew, a rancher from Canadian, recalls pioneering days - 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

Terry O'Rourke, a Houston environmental attorney, talks about the legacy of ranching for Texas landscape, myth and education - Flash or Real

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

Carol Ann Sayle, an Austin organic farmer, encourages sustainable agriculture and soil health - 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

Working with Nature compiles stories about raising organic meats and fibers from Richard Sechrist, Alan Birkenfeld, Jim Bill Anderson, Walt Davis, Jeanne Gramstorff, Peggy Sechrist, Gary Oldham, Lareah Pepper, Jim Hightower, and Duanne Wadell - Flash or Real  (produced in cooperation with the Environmental Center of San Luis)  30 min.

Air & Light Pollution

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Smitty Smith, an Austin lobbyist, uses witty tactics for sending a message on air pollution regulation - Flash or Real

Andy Wilkinson, a Panhandle singer-songwriter, recalls dust storms of the 1950s - Flash or Real

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

Attitudes and Cultures

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

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

Pleas McNeel, a San Antonio media activist, connects consumer and TV culture - 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

Big Bend

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

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

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

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

Fran Sage, an Alpine educator, describes the process of writing poetry, and reads from her poems about the Big Bend - Flash or Real

Big Thicket

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

Maxine Johnston, a Batson librarian, recalls the work that went into creating the Big Thicket National Preserve - Flash or Real

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

Geraldine Watson, Maxine Johnston and Richard Harrel describe the community that organized around creation and protection of the Big Thicket National Preserve - Real  16 min.

Birds

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

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

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

Robin Doughty, an Austin historian, shares his poems about whooping cranes - 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Building & Design

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

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

LaVerne Williams, a Houston architect, describes the goal for truly green, sustainable buildings - Flash or Real

Citizenship

Portraits in Action: Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower, Austin-based author, columnist, editor, radio program host, and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, speaks about populism, citizenship, corporate influence, and environmental protection.  Environmental singer Bill Oliver wraps up Hightower's story with his song, "Don't Mess with Texas" - Flash or Real 43 min.

Portraits in Action: Diane Wilson
Ms Wilson, a shrimper, grandmother, and environmental activist in Seadrift, Texas, discusses her work to protect San Antonio Bay, its wildlife, fishing industry and neighbors, from pollution from petrochemical and smelting industries - Flash or Real 44 min.

Coast & Estuaries

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

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

Community Organizing

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

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

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

Sue Curry, an Alpine activist, lobbies to make state environmental agencies more responsive to the public - Flash or Real

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

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

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

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

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

Economy & Markets

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

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

 

 

 

Ecotourism

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

Our Place in Nature - A range of Texans, including a rancher, birder, priest, accountant, and horticulturalist, hailing from the Panhandle, Gulf Coast, Hill Country, and South Texas, explain how ecotourism can be a practical venture in conservation and development. Narrated by Ann Richards. Honorable Mention, 2006 Montana CINE International Film Festival - Flash 28 minutes.

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

Education

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

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

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

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

J.D. Green, a retired ranch foreman, tells about teaching gardening in Houston's inner city - Flash or Real

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

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

Energy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gary Oliver, the Marfa artist, describes a political cartoon lampooning nuclear waste management - Flash or Real

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

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

Jim Schermbeck, a Slaton organizer, recalls civil disobedience against the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant - Flash or Real

Russel Smith, an Austin trade representative, touts the value of alternative energy - 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

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

Faith & Love

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Words and Deeds explores faith, ethics and conservation through the perspectives of Christian, Jewish and Dianic traditions - Flash or Real 29 min.

Fin & Shellfish

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

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

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

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

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

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

Susan Rieff, a former Texas Parks and Wildlife manager, recalls the concerns over how dredging of the Houston Ship Channels might affect the bay's hydrology and fishery - Flash or Real

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

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

Forests

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

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

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

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

Char Miller, environmental historian and biographer of the founder of the US Forest Service, outlines the history of U.S. public forests - Flash or Real>/font>

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

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

Historic Preservation

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

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

Insects

Sue Bailey, the owner of a Bridge City marina, describes the annual butterfly migration through her community - 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

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

Justice & Ethics

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

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

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

Terry O'Rourke, a Houston environmental attorney, remembers early state prosecution of industrial polluters - Flash or Real

Lakes & Streams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Land use

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

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

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

Bill Oliver, an Austin musician, shares a witty song about Barton Springs, development and non-point pollution - Flash or Real

Bill Oliver, the Austin musician, shares a song satirizing the popular jingle, "Don't Mess with Texas" - Flash or Real

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

Ben Sargent, an Austin editorial cartoonist, addresses urban growth and mass transit - 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

 

 

Carroll Shaddock, a Houston corporate attorney, explains the public subsidy of freeway billboards - 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 diverse opposition to the Trans Texas Corridor, a plan for a tolled, privately-operation highway network - Flash or Real

Evangeline Whorton, a Galveston civic leader, explains how over-development of the Island threatens its habitat, wildlife and storm-readiness - Flash or Real

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

Mammals

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

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

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

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

Bill Sheffield, a wildlife biologist in College Station, discusses feral hogs, one of the more damaging exotic animals - Flash or Real

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

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

Microbes

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

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

Noise Pollution

John Ahrns, a Round Mountain nature guide, tells about the rarity and value of silence amid the din of modern life - Flash or Real

Parks and Open Space

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

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

Ted Eubanks, an Austin ecotourism consultant, advocates outdoor access and recreation - Real

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

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

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

Pat Johnson, a Fayetteville artist, tells about lobbying for a nature park and trail near a power plant - 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

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

Plants

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Politics

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

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

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

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

Prairies

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

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

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

Press

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

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

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

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

Ben Sargent, an Austin editorial cartoonist, explains how he can address complex environmental and political issues in a single-frame drawing - Flash or Real

Public Health

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recycling

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

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

Valley

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

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

Water Quality

John Ahrns, a nature guide in Round Mountain, explains the vulnerability and value of groundwater and springs - Real

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

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

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

Ygnacio Garza, a former Brownsville mayor, talks about work to improve water treatment - 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

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

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

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

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

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

Water Supply

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

Echoes from a Well - Farmers are joined by a musician, grocer, banker, teacher and other activists to discuss the controversies of aquifers, wellfields, and groundwater export in the state - Flash or Real 26 min.

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

Dan Lay, an early biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife, remembers seeing the impacts of dam construction - Flash or Real

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

Ripples on a Pond - A biologist, ecologist, baitcamp owner, machinist, professor, attorney and others discuss the dilemma and future of dams, diversions and surface water in Texas - Flash or Real 29 min.

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

Carmine Stahl, a Houston naturalist and educator, reads his poem about the beauty and drama of a rainstorm - Flash or Real

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


 


 
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