Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Episode 19, Season 41 of Texas Parks & Wildlife, a weekly PBS series about the great outdoors. Meet a husband-and-wife team that’s spent half of their lives working to save the Chimney Swift. Anybody can use the iNaturalist app to identify plants and animals while also contributing to science. Hear from the team leading the charge to create new parks in Texas and get a sneak peek at the newest land to be developed.
Swift Saviors - 1:40
From raising chicks to building nest boxes, meet a husband-and-wife team, that’s spent half their lives working to save the Chimney Swift.
Making a Park - 10:26
If you add up all state park land in Texas, it comes out to about the same acreage as Travis County and most of that land is in the Western part of the state. In 2023, Texas voters created a $1 billion Centennial Parks Conservation Fund to purchase and develop new park land. It bears the question, what goes into making a brand-new state park? Hear from the team leading the charge to create new parks in Texas and get a sneak peek at the newest land to be developed by Centennial dollars.
Master iNaturalist - 14:34
Urban Wildlife Biologist Sam Kieschnick uses the iNaturalist app every day to take pictures of nature. He’s a top user who’s contributed over 100,000 observations of flora and fauna to this growing online community. But anybody can use this app to identify plants and animals wherever they find them, and those observations also contribute to real scientific databases that help people like Sam preserve nature.
Texas Point Break - 20:46
Grab your surfboard and hang ten in Corpus Christi. We go surfing at a popular spot that locals call Texas Point Break.
Postcard From Texas: Palo Pinto Mountains - 23:49
Get a sneak peek at Texas’ next state park--Palo Pinto Mountains. More than four thousand acres of rolling hills just seventy-five miles west of Fort Worth.
Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
Chimney Swifts - 1:40
Park in the Making - 10:26
iNaturalist Pro - 14:34
Hang Ten - 20:46
Palo Pinto Mountains - 23:49
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Episode 19, Season 40, Program 3419 Air Dates: February 8-14, 2026 & August 23-29, 2026
When to watch on Texas PBS stations: tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/tv/tvwhere.phtml
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Episode 19, Season 41 of Texas Parks & Wildlife, a weekly PBS series about the great outdoors. Meet a husband-and-wife team that’s spent half of their lives working to save the Chimney Swift. Anybody can use the iNaturalist app to identify plants and animals while also contributing to science. Hear from the team leading the charge to create new parks in Texas and get a sneak peek at the newest land to be developed.
Swift Saviors - 1:40
From raising chicks to building nest boxes, meet a husband-and-wife team, that’s spent half their lives working to save the Chimney Swift.
Making a Park - 10:26
If you add up all state park land in Texas, it comes out to about the same acreage as Travis County and most of that land is in the Western part of the state. In 2023, Texas voters created a $1 billion Centennial Parks Conservation Fund to purchase and develop new park land. It bears the question, what goes into making a brand-new state park? Hear from the team leading the charge to create new parks in Texas and get a sneak peek at the newest land to be developed by Centennial dollars.
Master iNaturalist - 14:34
Urban Wildlife Biologist Sam Kieschnick uses the iNaturalist app every day to take pictures of nature. He’s a top user who’s contributed over 100,000 observations of flora and fauna to this growing online community. But anybody can use this app to identify plants and animals wherever they find them, and those observations also contribute to real scientific databases that help people like Sam preserve nature.
Texas Point Break - 20:46
Grab your surfboard and hang ten in Corpus Christi. We go surfing at a popular spot that locals call Texas Point Break.
Postcard From Texas: Palo Pinto Mountains - 23:49
Get a sneak peek at Texas’ next state park--Palo Pinto Mountains. More than four thousand acres of rolling hills just seventy-five miles west of Fort Worth.
Chapters:
Intro - 00:00
Chimney Swifts - 1:40
Park in the Making - 10:26
iNaturalist Pro - 14:34
Hang Ten - 20:46
Palo Pinto Mountains - 23:49
Share a story from this episode:
youtu.be/J9kbGVQLJso
youtu.be/kf5isrt2BZ8
youtu.be/ap1aLIVbxh8
youtu.be/QKPScBFV1dk
youtu.be/YasRy5YJNk8
Episode 19, Season 40, Program 3419 Air Dates: February 8-14, 2026 & August 23-29, 2026
When to watch on Texas PBS stations: tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/tv/tvwhere.phtml
Join us on Facebook: facebook.com/texasparksandwildlife
Join us on Instagram: instagram.com/texasparkswildlife
#texasoutdoors #outdooradventure #outdoors #texas #nature #documentary #fullepisode #texasstateparks #stateparks #statepark
