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Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Join Ranger Kennie at San Angelo State Park to explore the difference between biotic and abiotic factors! Biotic factors are living elements such as dogs, trees, bacteria, and more, while abiotic factors are non-living, including fire, water, wind, and other environmental influences.
5.12(A) observe and describe how a variety of organisms survive by interacting with biotic and abiotic
factors in a healthy ecosystem
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The Leaf Thief 🍁 Fall Story Read Aloud | Texas Parks & Wildlife
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Explore the fall season with Ranger John at Huntsville State Park in this engaging Reading Ranger program. Uncover the mystery of "The Leaf Thief," a delightful story by Alice Hemming, illustrated by Nicholas Slater. Perfect for nature lovers, this educational adventure dives into autumn's wonders while offering a fun and interactive reading experience. Learn about the park’s wildlife, includin...
Public Meeting | Changes to Certificate of Location Program
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Para obtener una copia de este video en español, envíe un correo electrónico a cfish@tpwd.texas.gov This is a recording of a webinar that took place on Monday, January 6th, 2025, regarding changes to the Certificate of Location Program for oysters. If you would like to provide comment about the proposed regulations, comments are due by 5:00 pm on January 22nd, 2025. You may also submit public c...
Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series | Habitat and distribution modeling for the Houston Toad
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In this webinar, we will discuss recent efforts to model habitat and species distribution of the Houston Toad. These models could be used for numerous conservation efforts such as future reintroductions, monitoring, and mitigation. We will review the former distribution, current threats, and natural history of the species.
Where Are the Stars? See How Light Pollution Affects Night Skies | Texas Parks & Wildlife
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Light pollution is one of the most overlooked forms of environmental pollution, but its impact is real. Astronomers measure it on the Bortle scale from one to nine, and recent studies have even suggested that light pollution could be causing spring to arrive earlier. In this short video filmed in Texas, we explore how you can reduce light pollution and experience the beauty of dark night skies....
Coastal Fisheries Careers | Coastal Ecologist - Lauren
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Learn more about careers with the Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the individuals who work here. For more information about careers with TPWD, please visit: tpwd.texas.gov/jobs/
TPWDiscover | Keeping our Ocean Free of Debris
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What is marine debris? Why can it be harmful to the environment? Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's marine biologists and interns get together to talk about the impacts of trash in the ocean and how YOU can help prevent it from becoming an even bigger problem. TEKS Grade 3 Science (4) Scientific and engineering practices. The student knows the contributions of scientists and recognizes the i...
Coastal Fisheries Careers | Coastal Ecologist - Elena
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Learn more about careers with the Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the individuals who work here. For more information about careers with TPWD, please visit: tpwd.texas.gov/jobs/
Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series - Identifying the features that supports the Texas Screwstem
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Join us for an engaging exploration into the rare and imperiled habitat of the Texas Screwstem, an endemic plant found only in the secluded baygalls of southeast Texas. This webinar will delve into the ecological niche that sustains this unique species within the West Gulf Coastal Plain Forested seep habitats-environments where specialized biotic and abiotic conditions pose unique conservation ...
150 Years Later Reflecting on the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon with Warren Queton
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I had the great honor to speak with Warren Queton, a member of the Kiowa Tribe, who shared his reflections on the significance of Palo Duro Canyon to the Kiowa Tribe, the Comanche Nation, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. These tribes, in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Tech University, hosted a special dance to commemorate the 150th anniversary of t...
LIGHT: REFLECTION AND REFLACTION 💡 Science for Kids ⚡
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In this fun and educational video for kids, we explore how telescopes work! We’ll break down the parts of a simple telescope, explain why it has two lenses (one for the objective and one for the eyepiece), and discover how the converging lens collects and focuses light. Learn about the science of reflection and refraction in telescopes and what they do to help us see distant stars and planets. ...
Food Webs A Fun Crash Course for Kids by Texas Parks and Wildlife
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Join Ranger John Herron at Huntsville State Park to explore the fascinating world of food webs! Discover how ecosystems function beyond just temperature, and learn about producers, consumers, and apex predators. We’ll answer all your questions! Science TEKS 5.9(A) observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and nonliving components 5.12(B) predic...
Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series | Population genetics of the Crawfish Frog
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The Crawfish Frog is associated with prairie habitats, which are rapidly being lost due to human activities. Populations of this species have declined in areas where these habitats have been lost. Habitat fragmentation can result in reduced demographic connectivity and loss of genetic diversity, further imperiling the species. The population genetic structure of the Crawfish Frog has not been i...
Public Meeting | Proposed Amendments to the Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Program Regulation Rules
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This is a recording of a webinar that took place on Wednesday, October 9th, 2024, regarding the proposed amendments to the cultivated oyster mariculture program regulation rules. For questions about cultivated oyster mariculture in Texas, please email oyster.mariculture@tpwd.texas.gov. If you would like to provide comment about the proposed amendments, comments are due by 5:00 pm on November 6,...
Under the Moonlight Ranger Eric’s Adventure with the Eastern Screech Owl
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Under the Moonlight Ranger Eric’s Adventure with the Eastern Screech Owl
Public Meeting | Proposed Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Sites in Matagorda Bay (G-0023-G-0051)
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Public Meeting | Proposed Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Sites in Matagorda Bay (G-0023-G-0051)
Exploring the World of the Speckled King Snake with Ranger Eric
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Exploring the World of the Speckled King Snake with Ranger Eric
Sea Rim State Park: Virtual Tour
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Sea Rim State Park: Virtual Tour
Goliad State Park: Virtual Tour
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Goliad State Park: Virtual Tour
Lake Mineral Wells State Parks: Virtual Tour
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Lake Mineral Wells State Parks: Virtual Tour
Inks Lake State Park: Virtual Tour
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Inks Lake State Park: Virtual Tour
Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site: Virtual Tour
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Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site: Virtual Tour
Galveston Island State Park: Virtual Tour
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Galveston Island State Park: Virtual Tour
Atlanta State Park: Virtual Tour
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Atlanta State Park: Virtual Tour
Immersive 360° Experience: Gorman Falls at Colorado Bend State Park
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Immersive 360° Experience: Gorman Falls at Colorado Bend State Park
Erosion, Deposition, and Weathering- Shaping Enchanted Rock
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Erosion, Deposition, and Weathering- Shaping Enchanted Rock
Public Meeting | Proposed Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Sites in Matagorda Bay (G-0022)
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Public Meeting | Proposed Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Sites in Matagorda Bay (G-0022)
Public Meeting | Proposed Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Site in Matagorda Bay (G-0021)
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Public Meeting | Proposed Cultivated Oyster Mariculture Site in Matagorda Bay (G-0021)
Coastal Fisheries Careers | Inspecting Shrimp Farms
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Coastal Fisheries Careers | Inspecting Shrimp Farms
Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series | Post delisting Monitoring of Black capped Vireo in Texas
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Wildlife Diversity Webinar Series | Post delisting Monitoring of Black capped Vireo in Texas

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  • @madhatterstunts
    @madhatterstunts 2 дні тому

    The white men went and killed solely for profit and not survival. They got so greedy a population of 5 million dwindled to less than a 1000. Indigenous people depended on these animals for survival. So how could they live if there were no Buffalo? Well you see how Native Americans have been and still are treated.

  • @bassmangotdbluz
    @bassmangotdbluz 6 днів тому

    I have seen one in my yard twice in the last quarter year in Liberty Hill, Williamson County, Texas; NW of Austin 30 miles. Couldn't get my lever action rifle loaded fast enough before he was looming on the treeline and bolted after I moved toward him minutes later. Both sightings have been made from inside my screen porch, which obscures the view and makes for terrible pics, as well. As soon as I exited the porch, he saw me and moved on. I could hear dogs raising Hell down the road only moments later.

  • @johnettemason5597
    @johnettemason5597 11 днів тому

    That looks scrumptious 🙏🏽😛and yummy 🔥

  • @Benjamin-y5p8e
    @Benjamin-y5p8e 12 днів тому

    Where in Texas is this located?

  • @carlawilliams6232
    @carlawilliams6232 16 днів тому

    I like this video!

  • @westbobby2011
    @westbobby2011 18 днів тому

    About 16 years ago, I think I saw one on the road between Cleaveland and Plum Grove, Texas. It drove me nuts for years, trying to figure out what I saw. What, through me off, was the tail. I knew it was too long and big for a house cat. It was in an underdeveloped area with thick underbrush.

  • @Fetuchynni
    @Fetuchynni 21 день тому

    SHE ACTUALLY WAVED AWWWWWWWW 🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️

    • @mayita7733
      @mayita7733 21 день тому

      YYAYAYAYAYYAY POLITE PIDER

  • @Rezin_8
    @Rezin_8 23 дні тому

    2014 Cheveron Phillips Bayport Expansion project 🐈‍⬛🧐 GUARENTEEE the tail was 30% longer than the body

  • @bigfootanon6896
    @bigfootanon6896 24 дні тому

    We want to hear about Bigfoot!

  • @manie3232
    @manie3232 28 днів тому

    I heard it's a possibility it could be the man-made toxic forever pollutant PFAS that under the right conditions can make foam. Actually used in firefighting foam. I'm sure a lot of it was used on navy ships, just hosed of into the ocean.

  • @Tornado1994
    @Tornado1994 Місяць тому

    SHE. That's a Large Female. ONLY Female Spiders Build webs. Males can't.

  • @whitetipvelociraptor5759
    @whitetipvelociraptor5759 Місяць тому

    We usually have up towards 30-50 of these spiders in our two yards, front and back, (we live in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Houston) whenever they show up and they begin showing up in June for us down here in south texas.

  • @TressaMogasBarzilla
    @TressaMogasBarzilla Місяць тому

    Not only do I have this cat living in front of our house as we live on the Bayou but I have his or her baby living with us.

  • @melyndalowe3578
    @melyndalowe3578 Місяць тому

    Do y’all have a bark ranger program for visiting dogs to complete/tag to earn?

  • @aasberry1
    @aasberry1 Місяць тому

    I waited a long time to write this as I'm ashamed of our TPW stance on this. Just because you require unobtainable evidence doesn't mean there aren't any. You dismiss any sightings because you can't find any. A friend, a park ranger says she saw one but is reluctant to report it because it goes against TPW findings. I'm 80 years old. I've seen two and reported them to your group. First was in 1979 on the Moss Ranch, east side of hwy 16 directly across from the entrance to Enchanted Rock. I was deer hunting, sitting on a stool in some brush. It leisurely walked out into a power line easement. I later stepped the distance off as about a 100 feet. No mistaking this for a dash across the road at midnight. I did some research on this and was ready for the second one. Second was 16 miles north of Big Bend National Park, 11 miles east of Hwy 385 in 1982. Hunting again, we had stopped for lunch in the shade of a small tree. A pile of rocks about the size of a pickup 50 yards away. We saw movement and began watching it with binoculars. It was jumping around looking in the rock crevices, obviously hunting. We watched it for at least a half hour. Never entered my mind to shoot it for your verifiable evidence. I guess we need one laid out on tail gate or leaning on a low water flood gauge.

  • @habanacabana6624
    @habanacabana6624 Місяць тому

    They're gross!

  • @Asorogottie
    @Asorogottie 2 місяці тому

    W

    • @Asorogottie
      @Asorogottie Місяць тому

      I have to watch this for school

  • @trentmills5074
    @trentmills5074 2 місяці тому

    Could you please post the recipes in the comments? Thanks.

  • @markvasquez03
    @markvasquez03 2 місяці тому

    That’s a really easy recipe! I need to try this the next camping trip. Thank you!

  • @itsallpsyop
    @itsallpsyop 2 місяці тому

    Standard chili recipe glad he didn’t use any beans lol we always pack pre diced onion,bell pepper etc one time we just froze chili that we had made at home and reheated it in Dutch oven was so great 😌

  • @VirgeniaCaldwell-x6q
    @VirgeniaCaldwell-x6q 2 місяці тому

    They call them golden not because the color of the big gal but the color of there webs are Shiney metallic gold

  • @elizabethledwik6271
    @elizabethledwik6271 2 місяці тому

    yum!

  • @stevenpeyton7476
    @stevenpeyton7476 2 місяці тому

    Looks delicious! Thanks for the video.

  • @AliSouth-m3i
    @AliSouth-m3i 2 місяці тому

    I saw one near Spicewood, Texas in 2014. 100%. Stopped in the park road, in front of my headlights at 3a.m.

  • @samirfarsane2379
    @samirfarsane2379 2 місяці тому

    You mean you can handle "HER"? It's a female. Males are are smaller than a fingernail

  • @jesusfish_
    @jesusfish_ 2 місяці тому

    Please hire me..

  • @GetRight-np6qm
    @GetRight-np6qm 2 місяці тому

    “stronger than still” fuck outta hea

  • @RaviniaOutdoors
    @RaviniaOutdoors 2 місяці тому

    Majestic birds

  • @JohnSludge
    @JohnSludge 2 місяці тому

    Engineer Spider 🛠️

  • @EDMEDMEDM
    @EDMEDMEDM 3 місяці тому

    Did you really rotate the oven AND the lid in the SAME Direction…???🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @nancyspruiell347
    @nancyspruiell347 3 місяці тому

    Bigfoot?

  • @b.r.i.d.g.e.t
    @b.r.i.d.g.e.t 3 місяці тому

    Owl pellet!

  • @andrewford9974
    @andrewford9974 3 місяці тому

    Oompa loompa dupity doo doo she's got a riddle just for you

  • @bobbiechinn9578
    @bobbiechinn9578 3 місяці тому

    Snake

  • @davidJrBoyd
    @davidJrBoyd 3 місяці тому

    An owl

  • @ko7302
    @ko7302 3 місяці тому

    Hun I think that is an owl pellet.... they threw it up (regurgitated) they didn't poop it out (scat)

  • @DarylThomas-l6t
    @DarylThomas-l6t 3 місяці тому

    I'd guess an owl

  • @lumpyloo9026
    @lumpyloo9026 3 місяці тому

    I'm gonna say owl?

  • @billyallen4835
    @billyallen4835 3 місяці тому

    Coyote

  • @sls1776
    @sls1776 3 місяці тому

    Owl

  • @melvinbrotherofthejoker436
    @melvinbrotherofthejoker436 3 місяці тому

    She did

  • @tricksonafixed
    @tricksonafixed 4 місяці тому

    I came across one today hence the reason I am commenting and it scared the hell out of me. I grabbed a small stick and tried to see how it would react to a bit of vibration and it was chillin’. That web is without a doubt very strong because as soon as I touched it with the stick it felt like was tugging on some rope.

  • @TexArmadillo
    @TexArmadillo 4 місяці тому

    Can't wait to hit the trails

  • @buffalomowing1188
    @buffalomowing1188 4 місяці тому

    Thank you ranger for this important work

  • @0UziDoorman0
    @0UziDoorman0 4 місяці тому

    I'm convinced, in nature, the beautiful things, most likely are venomous and can kill you, and the scary, dangerous things, are the sweetest

  • @jenbaird6457
    @jenbaird6457 4 місяці тому

    I am in N. California and wasn't sure of what I saw in the slough (drainage creek) that runs through my back yard, Until now. Thank you Ranger Rachel for your perfectly balanced cute, fun and informative video.

  • @f.demascio1857
    @f.demascio1857 4 місяці тому

    Really wished you had a close up of her. I just came across one in my back yard (Virginia) and wanted to id it. I'm pretty sure you're talking about the same spider I found. I can see similar thicker spots on her web radials, and your description matches.

  • @8ruun293
    @8ruun293 4 місяці тому

    私は蜘蛛恐怖症ですが動画を観続けて克服しつつあります

  • @KeikoKaiCreations
    @KeikoKaiCreations 4 місяці тому

    Love the Hawai’i shoutout 🤙

  • @alvhynbrotonel646
    @alvhynbrotonel646 4 місяці тому

    actually that spider have a litte poison if you get bitten you may actually very hurt is will bleed a little bit and that poison bite can't make you sick or have a fever and if you have medicine is easy so you are safe for orb silk spider 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍