Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
{Wind}
[Narration] Out in the rugged country of West Texas.
{Truck sounds}
[Narration] Down some dusty roads, that can be a bit bumpy.
{River}
[Narration] Sits Texas Parks and Wildlife’s newest acquisition.
{River sounds}
[Narration] This new state natural area will be a different
type of outdoor experience.
[Brent Lesiure] Many of our parks are heavily developed in
the sense that they have parking pads and campsites and day use areas with many amenities
and facilities. That’s not going to be the case at the Devils River.
[Brent Leisure] And so the activities that we provide for
at the Devils River will be unique, they’ll be wild and you’re likely to not see other
people.
{Canyon Wren}
[Narration] Plans for this wild park are still taking
shape, and now public meetings are set for folks to learn about what’s proposed and
offer their comments.
[Brent Leisure] It’s important that we carefully and thoughtfully
go forward in our planning process and not rush it. And obtain all the feedback from
all the various interests that we can gather and it becomes a part of the ultimate plan
that we implement.
{River}
[Narration] The big draw is obviously the river itself.
[Brent Leisure] It’s very fragile, so our planning efforts
are to determine what is that proper balance between resource protection, and use, public
use of a fragile desert ecosystem,
{Water}
[Brent Leisure] And the rights of our neighbors.
[Narration] For Texas Parks and Wildlife, this is
Lydia Saldaña.