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YNN and Texas Parks & Wildlife partner each Sunday to take you outside to see the best of what the Lone Star State has to offer. From tours of state parks to issues important to our state’s environment, take a unique look at Texas in Your Outdoors.



07/15/2012 05:07 AM

Your Outdoors: Paddling made easy

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There are more than 15 major river systems and 3,700 named streams that meander through nearly 200,000 miles of Texas landscape.

But finding a place to put in or take out a kayak or canoe can be difficult since much of the land on both sides of the bank is privately owned. Now Texas Parks and Wildlife has a plan to help get folks on the rivers by creating a series of paddling trails near urban areas.

Find out more in the video above.