Outdoorsy Texans have a brand new solution to maintain observe of conservation initiatives inside Texas’ parks. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Division (TPWD) will launch a brand new podcast, Higher Exterior, on Could 21 on all main podcast platforms.
A press launch guarantees that listeners will “journey the woods and waters of Texas by means of an array of awe-inspiring tales about conservation, recreation, and the outside.”
The podcast does imply “journey” in a literal sense, taking listeners out within the subject to expertise the environments firsthand. They will have a educated information in host Morgan O’Hanlon, who’s a senior author at Texas Parks & Wildlife journal, in addition to TPWD govt director David Yoskowitz.
“Individuals are on the core of conservation work in Texas,” mentioned Yoskowitz within the launch. “I’m excited so that you can hear their voices straight from the sector, to allow them to share why the work they do issues and the affect it makes.”
David Yoskowitz and Morgan O’Hanlon document within the studio in addition to within the subject.Picture courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Division (TPWD)
Some examples of the work featured embrace creating a brand new path throughout the state, touring an current park, and restoring bighorn sheep (which had been getting ready to being worn out by 1900) in West Texas. One other episode within the Hill Nation follows feral hog bounty hunters. Though well-informed listeners might already learn about a few of these topics, the podcast particularly hopes to concentrate on hidden gems and increasing horizons.
“I really like journey sports activities and am excited to encourage folks to attempt new, and generally scary, issues,” mentioned O’Hanlon. “In our episode on the Devils River, I took my non-outdoorsy mother on one of many state’s most feared paddling journeys. You’ll hear straight from her concerning the challenges I put her by means of — and why she would do it once more.”
Higher Exterior is not TPWD’s first podcast. It was Beneath the Texas Sky, which launched in 2019 and adopted related themes, with a notable concentrate on tradition. Some episodes adopted the Indigenous historical past of Texas parks, cowboy poets, and cooks who’re concerned in sustainable farming and cooking. Beneath the Texas Sky stopped being made when its host, longtime Passport to Texas radio host Cecilia Nasti, retired.
The brand new podcast is sponsored by the Austin-based Complete Earth Provision Co., which initially opened in 1970 as a real-life manifestation of the Complete Earth Catalog, and is now a cross between a tenting, house items, and outdoorsy present retailer. It operates six areas in whole in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas.
