Web Site funded by The Summerlee Foundation The following made this film possible: Lyda Hill Alec Rhodes The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Meadows Foundation Inc. Amon G. Carter Foundation Meta Alice Keith Bratten Foundation The Trull Foundation Marjorie A.…
The National Parks of Texas: In Contact With Beauty, a 60-minute documentary film produced by Villita Media and Texas PBS, takes the viewer to the 16 national parks in Texas. Filmed over the course of one year, this documentary tells the inside story…
Narrated by former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the film tells the story of parks that protect our landscapes, conserve our wildlife and illuminate our culture. These parks offer refuge and recreation to millions of visitors each year. And they belong…
Promo: The National Parks of Texas: In Contact With Beauty from Lynn Boswell on Vimeo. Join us for a documentary film co-produced by Texas PBS & Villita Media that will inspire you to visit the national parks in Texas. Presented to PBS stations by KLRN-TV in San…
There are currently 16 U.S. Park Service sites in Texas.
Texas PBS and Villita Media are working on a series of lesson plans that will be available through PBS LearningMedia. These lesson plans will be available here in September 2016. For more information about PBS LearningMedia go to: www.pbslearningmedia.org
The LBJ National Historical Park was created in 1969 less than one year after President Johnson left the White House. The site was a gift from the Johnson’s to the nation. It was donated at a time when this house…
In a state as big as Texas, there is plenty of room for the classic national park that most Americans think of as a place to preserve. Guadalupe Mountains National Park is that kind of place. The park was established…
Fort Davis National Historic Site is the second U.S. National Park Service site in Texas. It is one of the best preserved forts from the Western Frontier. It is a link back in time to an era when a network…
The Chamizal National Memorial is a very special kind of park. The memorial sits on 55 acres and is part of an El Paso City Park. It offers a rare bit of nature here, in one of the state’s poorest…