Podcasts Culture Houston and Nature 18: How Texas Parks And Wildlife Protects At-Risk Species Across The State

18: How Texas Parks And Wildlife Protects At-Risk Species Across The State

Published: Nov. 27, 2021, 2:25 a.m.

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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) describes its approach to protecting the state\\u2019s ecosystems as science-based and forward-looking. How does being science-based work in a political culture that disputes science? And how does one pursue a forward-looking approach when the future looks so different from the past?

To find out, I spoke to Ted Hollingsworth, who directs TPWD\\u2019s Land Conservation Program. He explains how the Department uses the best science to conserve habitat, while acknowledging that with more and more species pushed towards extinction, they have to make hard choices.

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