Outdoorsy Texans have a brand new option to hold monitor of conservation initiatives inside Texas’ parks. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Division (TPWD) will launch a brand new podcast, Higher Outdoors, on Might 21 on all main podcast platforms.
A press launch guarantees that listeners will “journey the woods and waters of Texas by 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 area to expertise the environments firsthand. They’re going to 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,” stated Yoskowitz within the launch. “I’m excited so that you can hear their voices straight from the sphere, to allow them to share why the work they do issues and the influence it makes.”
David Yoskowitz and Morgan O’Hanlon report within the studio in addition to within the area.Photograph 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 have been on the point of 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 deal with hidden gems and increasing horizons.
“I like journey sports activities and am excited to encourage individuals to attempt new, and typically scary, issues,” stated 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 in regards to the challenges I put her by — and why she would do it once more.”
Higher Outdoors is not TPWD’s first podcast. It was Below the Texas Sky, which launched in 2019 and adopted comparable themes, with a notable deal with tradition. Some episodes adopted the Indigenous historical past of Texas parks, cowboy poets, and cooks who’re concerned in sustainable farming and cooking. Below 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 Entire Earth Provision Co., which initially opened in 1970 as a real-life manifestation of the Entire Earth Catalog, and is now a cross between a tenting, dwelling items, and outdoorsy present retailer. It operates six places in complete in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas.
