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Jim Bill Anderson, a cattle grazer in Canadian, tells about his effort to operate his ranch more sustainably -
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Alan Birkenfeld raises and sells grass-fed beef, lamb and chicken from his ranch near
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Darryl Birkenfeld, an educator in Nazareth, explains the value of local "foodsheds" -
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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
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Walt Davis, a Red River valley rancher, shows how holistic agriculture can restore healthy soils -
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Donny Dendy, a Perryton farmer, explains his concern about confined feeding operations-
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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.
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Jeanne Gramstorff, a Farnsworth banker, discusses the flaws in intensive hog-farming operations -
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John Graves, a Glen Rose author, muses on the relationship between humans and the land -
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Jim Hightower, the Austin populist, critiques the use of chemicals in agriculture -
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Dennis Holbrook, a Mission citrus farmer, describes his switch from conventional to organic agriculture -
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Marie Killebrew, a rancher from Canadian, recalls pioneering days -
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Clarence Ogle, a self-sufficient Fredericksburg
farmer, explains how he raises and harvests tank-raised
tilapia -
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Gary Oldham, a Samnorwood cotton farmer, produces organic textiles -
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Terry O'Rourke, a Houston environmental attorney,
talks about the legacy of ranching for Texas landscape, myth
and education -
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Larhea Pepper grows and markets organic cotton for an O'Donnell co-op -
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Carol Ann Sayle, an Austin organic farmer, encourages sustainable agriculture and soil health -
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Peggy Sechrist, a Fredericksburg educator, explains the idea of solar dollars -
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Richard Sechrist, a Fredericksburg rancher, raises grass-fed beef to lower E.coli risk -
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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 -
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Air & Light Pollution
Lanell Anderson, a Channelview realtor and activist, works against petrochemical air
pollution along the Houston Ship channel -
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T.C. Calvert, a San Antonio community organizer, tackles air pollution problems -
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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 -
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Grover Hankins, a civil rights attorney and professor in Houston, discusses cases of
environmental pollution and justice -
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Adlene Harrison, a former Dallas EPA Administrator, confronts politics and air pollution -
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Kamlesh Lulla, a NASA geologist, uses space imagery for a big view of Texas and the global environment -
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Brandt Mannchen, a Houston air pollution investigator,
explains the value of traditional command-and-control regulation -
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Gerald North,
a Texas A&M physicist, outlines future scenarios for Texas as the climate changes -
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Sue Pope, a Midlothian landowner and mother works to improve health and air quality near a cement kiln -
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Fran Sage, an Alpine educator, discusses the effects and mitigation of light pollution
near the McDonald Observatory -
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George Smith, a Houston dentist, reports on newly recognized sources of air pollution -
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Smitty Smith, an Austin lobbyist, uses witty tactics for sending a message on air pollution regulation -
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Andy Wilkinson, a Panhandle singer-songwriter, recalls dust storms of the 1950s -
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Billie Woods, an Elgin musician, organizes neighbors against industrial air pollution in their community -
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Attitudes and Cultures
H.C. Clark, a Houston geologist and professor, merges academics and
advocacy in his work -
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John Graves
explains his view about the difference between literature and
propaganda, and then reads a passage from his work -
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Bob McFarlane, a Houston ecological consultant, contrasts the approaches of scientists and engineers
to environmental problems -
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Pleas McNeel, a San Antonio media activist, connects consumer and TV culture -
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Daniel Quinn, a Houston author, reflects on the fate of a human society divorced from the broader community of life -
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Big Bend
Bob Burleson, a Temple attorney, explorer, and prairie expert, tells of hosting Justice William O.
Douglas on Texas adventures -
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Earl Burnam, a Fort Worth businessman and activist,
shares his love for the Big Bend desert -
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Tom Curry, an Alpine graphic artist, works against a proposed NAFTA highway that
would disrupt rural communities and habitat -
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Hal Flanders, an Alpine naturalist, tells of the diversity and richness of a desert river -
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Chester Rowell, a Marfa botanist, explains the delicate and diverse adaptations of desert
plants to their harsh environment -
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Fran Sage, an Alpine educator, describes the process of writing poetry, and reads from her
poems about the Big Bend -
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Big Thicket
Richard Harrel, a biology professor in Beaumont, explains the biodiversity of the Big Thicket National Preserve -
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Maxine Johnston, a Batson librarian, recalls the
work that went into creating the Big Thicket National Preserve -
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Geraldine Watson, a botanist near Silsbee, remembers efforts to create the Big Thicket National Preserve -
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Geraldine Watson, Maxine Johnston and Richard Harrel
describe the community that organized around creation and
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Birds
George Archibald, an
ornithologist, describes the origin of his interest in cranes,
which led to the founding of the International Crane Foundation -
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Winnie Burkett, a Clear Lake ornithologist, explains sanctuary plans for protecting
songbirds, shorebirds, and raptors -
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Russell
Clapper, a Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, remembers
early efforts to protect and restore the whooping crane -
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Bessie Cornelius, a Beaumont birder, describes the effect of DDT on the Gulf of Mexico's
brown pelican population -
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Robin Doughty, an Austin historian, shares his
poems about whooping cranes -
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Victor
Emanuel, an Austin birder and nature tour guide, explains
the start and ultimate success of the Freeport bird count -
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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 -
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Bebe Fenstermaker, a Boerne rancher, shows how
birds and birders helped to protect her family lands -
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Jesse Grantham, a Rockport botanist and ornithologist,
explains his concern about rare shorebirds -
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Buddy Hollis,
a naturalist in
Newton, explains an innovative effort to save the rare Red
Cockaded Woodpecker -
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Rob Lee, an Amarillo game warden, recalls undercover bird poaching investigations -
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Tom Pincelli, a Harlingen priest, talks about the value of birds and ecotourism in the Valley -
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Ken Seyffert, an Amarillo birdwatcher, enjoys prairie chicken antics -
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Jim Stinebaugh, an Austin game warden, recounts a trial for eagle killing -
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Building & Design
Pliny Fisk, an Austin architect, explains the development of sustainable designs -
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Gail Vittori, an Austin educator, promotes rainwater harvesting methods -
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LaVerne Williams,
a Houston architect, describes the goal for truly green, sustainable buildings -
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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" -
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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 -
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Coast & Estuaries
Bob Armstrong, an Austin politician, recalls the effort to acquire Matagorda Island as a park -
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James Matz, a former Calhoun County Commissioner, explains his concerns about canal dredging through the Laguna Madre -
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Community Organizing
Bill Addington, a Sierra Blanca grocer and landowner, recalls the
fight against a proposed local radioactive waste site -
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Susan Almanza, an Austin community organizer, promotes environmental justice -
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T.C. Calvert, a San Antonio community organizer, tackles air pollution problems -
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Sue Curry, an Alpine activist, lobbies to make state environmental agencies more responsive to the public -
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Beverly Gattis, an Amarillo activist, remembers her anti-nuclear organizing efforts -
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Tootsie Herndon, the Spofford mayor, recounts her
small community's lopsided battle against a waste site -
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Rick Lowerre, an Austin attorney, explains the power of organized landowners in challenging hazardous waste sites and facilities -
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Mary Lynch, a Dell City publisher, helps a rural area expose flaws in plans for a radioactive waste site -
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Roy Malveaux, a Beaumont minister, rallies his congregation for cleaner air and water -
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Economy & Markets
Stephen Klineberg, a Houston sociology professor, studies the balance between economic development and environment protection -
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Larry
Shelton, a Nacogdoches cabinetmaker, describes how the
boom-and-bust nature of the early timber industry harmed east
Texas' ecology and economy -
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Genevieve Vaughan, an Austin donor and philosopher, decries the market's arm to communities and nature -
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Ecotourism
David Langford, a Boerne photographer, explains the
value of hunting to the rural economy and habitat -
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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.
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Tom Pincelli, a Harlingen priest, talks about the value of birds and ecotourism in the Valley -
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Education
Jim Blackburn, a Houston environmental attorney, describes the often unseen value of Houston's native ecosystems -
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Alma Burnam, a Fort Worth school eacher, brings environmental questions and lessons into the classroom -
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Ted Eubanks, an Austin travel consultant, advocates outdoor access and recreation -
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Katherine Goodbar, a Dallas teacher,believes in how field trips to the outdoors can help students -
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J.D. Green, a retired ranch foreman, tells about teaching gardening in Houston's inner city -
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Carla Marshall,
an Austin educator, describes how she teaches young children about the workings
of watersheds and aquifers -
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Lucie Wray Todd,
a Columbus rancer and philanthropist, discusses an environmental education effort that
the Audubon Society launched in Houston schools -
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Energy
Mavis Belisle, a peace advocate, monitors nuclear weapons and waste issues at the Amarillo-based Peace Farm -
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Betty Brink, a Fort Worth journalist, recalls the opposition to construction of the Comanche Peak nuclear plant -
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Shudde Fath,
an Austin utility board member, remembers the controversy over
buying into the South Texas Nuclear Project -
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Ben Figueroa, a Kingsville social worker, explains the politics of opposing a uranium mine -
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David Freeman, a
utility executive, recalls the
debate over dropping plans for a proposed lignite strip mine
in Fayette County -
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Tonya Kleuskens, a Dawn farmer explains work to stop a Panhandle high-level nuclear waste disposal site -
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Gary Oliver, a Marfa artist concerned about radioactive material in west Texas, sings a
parody about the perils of nuclear waste -
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Gary Oliver, the Marfa artist, describes a political cartoon lampooning nuclear waste management -
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John Prager, a Smithville veteran, describes the effects of modern lignite strip mining -
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Andy Sansom, an Austin journalist, exposes construction flaws at a nuclear plant -
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Jim Schermbeck, a Slaton organizer, recalls civil disobedience against the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant -
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Russel Smith, an Austin trade representative, touts the value of alternative energy -
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Steve Smith, a Deer Park petrochemical worker,
explains some of the dangers of working in and living near
the industry facilities -
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Pat Suter,
a Corpus Christi chemistry professor, recalls the lack of
local safeguards over the risky handling of uranium ore -
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Gary Vliet,
a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Texas,
remembers his students' entry in a solar electric car race -
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Faith & Love
Darryl Birkenfeld, as a former priest, tells
how his training in the Church teaches him a respect for the
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Mickey Burleson, a journalist from Temple, explains the spiritual base for her love of nature -
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Ned Fritz, a Dallas environmental attorney, reflects on his life-long love of nature -
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Frank Kurzaj, a San Antonio priest, supports environmental dialogue in the Church -
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Leroy Matthiesen, emeritus Bishop for Amarillo, reflects on the simple pleasures and connections with the Earth -
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Leroy Matthiesen
explains how the life and beliefs of St. Francis have given
him a love of nature -
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Susan Mika
explains how faith gives her charity towards those suffering from maquiladora pollution along the border -
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Tom
Pincelli shows how his Catholic
beliefs call him to find harmony with the natural world -
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Campbell Read, a professor in Dallas, examines the theological basis of stewardship -
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Genevieve Vaughan explains how Dianic worship reaches for contact with the order and force of nature -
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Words and Deeds explores faith, ethics and
conservation through the perspectives of Christian, Jewish
and Dianic traditions -
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Fin & Shellfish
Tony Amos,
a Port Aransas oceanographer, explains the conflicts
within the Texas shrimping community over the use of Turtle
Excluder Devices -
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Deyaun Boudreaux, a Laguna Vista shrimper, explains the interplay of Gulf shrimping and turtle protection -
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Mary Lou
Campbell, a gallery owner in Mercedes, explains the effort
to protect the Laguna Madre from channel dredging and spoil
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Felix Cox, an Aransas Pass commercial fisherman, tells of the danger of a Gulf storm -
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Henry Hildebrand, a Corpus Christi marine biologist, tells of politics and shrimping -
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Clark Hubbs, an Austin icthyologist and professor, seeks appreciation and protection for fish -
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Walt Kittelberger, a Port Mansfield ishing guide, reports on the thrills of sportfishing in the Laguna Madre -
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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 -
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Sharron Stewart, a Lake Jackson activist, explains the risks of coastal litter to marine life -
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Diane Wilson, a Seadrift shrimper, remembers conflicts with game wardens -
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Forests
John Bryant, a former Congressional representative from Dallas, explained efforts to regulate clearcutting in national forests -
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Ned Fritz
tells of the Forest Service's adoption of prescribed burning
in the national forests of east Texas -
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Pete Gunter,
a Denton philosophy professor, explains how private timber
firms are gradually improving the sustainability of their
lumber operations -
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Richard LeTourneau, a Longview machinist, remembers a childhood encounter that forged a life of conservation -
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Ike McWhorter, a Silsbee forest steward, reinstates fire to restore east Texas woodlands -
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Char Miller, environmental historian and biographer
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Jim Neal, a Nacogdoches wildlife biologist, explains the important habitat found in bottomland hardwood forests -
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George Russell, a Huntsville video producer, presses for the protection of east Texas forestland -
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Historic Preservation
Sissy Fenstermaker, a neighbor, remembers the preservation of
the historic military post at Fort Davis -
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Char Miller, a San Antonio historian, shows how the
city grew and evolved with its paths, streets and highways -
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Insects
Sue Bailey, the owner of a Bridge City marina, describes the annual butterfly migration through her community -
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Carol Cullar, an Eagle Pass teacher uses the wonder of
butterfly migrations to teach about the global web of life -
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Don Kennard, a former state senator from Fort Worth, recalls introducing legislation to regulate DDT -
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Justice & Ethics
Ernie Cortes, an organizer relates social justice theories to San Antonio -
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Phyllis Glazer, a Winona rancher, explains the fight for environmental justice near a hazardous waste site -
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Grover Hankins, a civil rights attorney and professor in Houston, discusses cases of environmental pollution and justice -
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Terry O'Rourke, a Houston environmental attorney, remembers early state prosecution of industrial polluters -
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Lakes & Streams
Janice Bezanson, an Austin river advocate, recalls
the political reaction to a fight against a dam -
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Fred Dahmer,
a student of the Caddo Lake system, recounts the clearing of
the great Red River logjam -
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Richard Donovan,
a Lufkin realtor, describes his canoe trips to document and publicize the risks of damming the Neches River -
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John Echols, a military veteran from Uncertain, recounts his work to protect the Caddo Lake area -
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Carl Frentress, a wildlife biologist in Athens, remembers the clearing and impounding of Lake Athens -
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Stuart Henry, an Austin attorney, fights against the damming of Texas rivers -
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Terry Hershey, a philanthropist, works to prevent flood damage along Houston bayous -
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Terry McIntire, an Arlington businessman, defends his family homestead near the Paluxy River from a proposed dam -
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Terry O'Rourke, a former state and Harris county attorney, recalls the prosecution of industrial polluters -
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Keith Ozmore, a former staffer for Rep. Bob Eckhardt, recalls the pollution cleanup of the Houston Ship Channel -
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Marcos Paredes, a Lajitas ranger, describes the protection of the Rio Grande's Wild and Scenic reaches -
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Dwight Shellman, an attorney in Karnak, describes the history and biology of Caddo Lake -
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Land use
Mary Arnold,
an Austin citizen activist, explains the effort to set aside
local habitat to mitigate nearby development -
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David Crossley, a Houston photographer and planning advocate, points out the city's compact roots which preceded its famous sprawl -
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Helen Dutmer, a local politician, sees sprawl and
downtown neglect in San Antonio -
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Martha Fenstermaker, a Laredo artist, fights to save
her family ranch from road agencies -
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Bill Oliver, an Austin musician, shares a witty song about Barton Springs, development and non-point pollution -
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Bill Oliver, the Austin musician, shares a song satirizing the popular jingle, "Don't Mess with Texas" -
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Mary Anne Piacentini,
a Houston planner, talks about how haphazard and planned growth can affect older and newer neighborhoods -
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Ben Sargent, an Austin editorial cartoonist, addresses urban growth and mass transit -
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John Scanlan, an Austin attorney, discusses the gap between planned and actual urban growth -
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Ed Scharf, a businessman from Helotes, tells about his
efforts to protect the rural Hill Country -
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Carroll Shaddock,
a Houston corporate attorney, explains the public subsidy of freeway billboards -
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David Stall,
a city manager based in Fayetteville, laments the lack of public participation in the
proposed Trans Texas Corridor highway system -
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Linda Stall,
a Fayetteville escrow agent, explains the diverse opposition to the Trans Texas Corridor,
a plan for a tolled, privately-operation highway network -
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Evangeline Whorton,
a Galveston civic leader, explains how over-development of the Island threatens its
habitat, wildlife and storm-readiness -
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Barrie Zimmelman, an urban
planner and community activist, remembers the effort to
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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 -
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Mike Bradshaw, a Carrizo Springs game warden recalls
his early career and work against deer poaching -
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Al Brothers, a Berclair rancher, promotes good deer herd, hunting business and habitat management together -
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Billy Pat McKinney, a Marathon biologist, tells of his work to restore mountain lions -
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Bonnie McKinney, a Marathon biologist, explains her efforts for black bear recovery -
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Billy Platt, Sr.,
a Jasper state game warden, recalls the dangers of working with outlaw hunters -
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Bill Sheffield,
a wildlife biologist in College Station, discusses feral hogs, one of the more damaging exotic animals -
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Lanny Sinkin,
an environmental attorney from San Antonio, tells of the suit against the Navy
for military sonar's impact on whales -
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Jim Teer,
a Texas A&M wildlife biology professor,
remembers how deer surveys of the 1950s led to more responsible
permits and harvests -
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Merlin Tuttle,
a bat biologist based in Austin, describes how bats play a valuable role
in controlling agricultural pests -
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Nancy Umphres, a Zapata wildlife rehabilitator,
remembers saving an injured bobcat to later release it into
the wild -
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Microbes
Malcolm Beck, a San Antonio agricultural supplier, promotes compost to improve soil -
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Ruth Lofgren, a San Antonio microbiologist, talks
about the beauty and essential role of microbial
decomposers -
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Noise Pollution
John Ahrns,
a Round Mountain nature guide,
tells about the rarity and value of silence amid the din of
modern life -
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Parks and Open Space
George Bristol, an Austin businessman and lobbyist, explains how Texas state parks and land protection opportunities are being neglected -
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Bob
Eckhardt, a state and federal representative for Houston,
recalls how the Big Thicket National Preserve was created -
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Ted Eubanks, an Austin ecotourism consultant, advocates outdoor access and recreation -
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Ann Hamilton,
a Houston philanthropist, advocates for increased open space -
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Ed Harte,
a Corpus Christi newspaper publisher, describes the fight to
establish the Padre Island National Seashore -
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Tim Hixon, a San Antonio builder, recalls the creation
of Government Canyon park -
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Pat Johnson,
a Fayetteville artist, tells about lobbying
for a nature park and trail near a power plant -
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David Schmidly, a Lubbock biologist, accounts for the need to acquire more public land -
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Babe Schwartz, the former Galveston
state senator, explains the need to keep Texas beaches clear
and open to the public -
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Ted Siff, an Austin publisher and open-space advocate, tells the
history of parks in the capitol city -
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Plants
Richard Alles, a San Antonio activist fights to
protect urban trees from development and road construction -
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Scooter Cheatham, an Austin ethnobotanist, explains the many uses of native desert plants -
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Larry DeMartino, a San Antonio landscape architect,
recounts the history and value of prairie grasslands -
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Susan Hughes, a San Antonio birder, explains the value
of urban wildscape to people and animals -
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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
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Bob Randall, a community gardener in Houston, adapts his lawn to the native plants, soil and climate -
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Ellen Temple,
a Lufkin publisher, tells how plantings of native wildflowers were
encouraged along the state's highways -
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Benito Trevino, a Rio Grande City native plant raiser, shares traditional wisdom on the uses of mesquite -
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Benito Trevino explains how the native yucca plant
can be used for food, fiber, soap or shelter -
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Fred Wills, a San Antonio biologist, tells about
ash juniper facts and myths, and the risk of over-clearing -
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Politics
Sissy Farenthold, a former state representative from Corpus Christi, recounts the harsh reality of insider politics -
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Don Kennard, a former state senator from Fort Worth, recalls introducing legislation to regulate DDT -
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Craig McDonald,
an Austin political reformer, lays out the links among campaign gifts,
lobbying work and pollution exemptions -
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Irene Scharf, a Helotes librarian, recounts her
political campaign as a Green Party candidate -
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Prairies
Bob & Mickey Burleson describe their work restoring
a tallgrass native prairie near Temple -
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Jim Eidson, a Celeste botanist, tells of his work to restore the blackland tallgrass prairie -
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Bill Neiman, a Junction farmer, provides native seeds for prairie restoration -
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Press
Marjorie
Adams,
an Austin columnist and filmmaker, remembers the difficulty of
publishing environmental articles in a Beaumont newspaper -
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Bill Dawson, a Houston journalist, recalls his research and writing on air pollution's impact on neighboring communities -
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Lou Dubose, an Austin writer and editor, talks about journalistic ethics and environmental coverage -
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Michael King, an editor in Austin, discusses the role of an independent press in environmental reporting -
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Ben Sargent, an Austin editorial cartoonist, explains how he can address complex
environmental and political issues in a single-frame drawing -
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Public Health
Meg Guerra, a Laredo rancher and publisher, discusses public health in the colonias -
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Sylvia Herrera, an Austin activist, explains the health effects that stem from a local power plant -
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Reggie James, an Austin advocate, questions the safety of genetically engineered products -
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Marvin Legator, a Galveston toxicologist, points out the gaps in chemical risk assessments -
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David Marrack, a Houston physician, reflects on the politics of epidemiological research -
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Susan Mika, a San Antonio nun, investigates health problems on the border -
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Carlos Truan, a former Texas State Senator from Corpus Christi, remembers the struggle to protect public health from environmental risks -
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Recycling
Marty Melosi,
a Houston history professor,
discusses the long debate over recycling, consumption, and sustainability -
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Ken Zarker, a state agency official from Austin,
explains how recycling can bring new value to used goods -
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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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