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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2001
CONTACT: Donna Farrell
Marketing Communications Account Executive
Telephone: (410) 581-4190
E-mail: donnafarrell@mpt.org
MPT. This is bigger than television.
New Time, New Day, New Season
Outdoors Maryland in MPT's New Sunday Nature Block
OWINGS MILLS, MD: Beginning November 4, the vast and diverse group
of outdoor enthusiasts who are also avid viewers of Maryland Public Television's
(MPT) Outdoors Maryland series will enjoy the program at a new
day and time: Sundays at 7:30 p.m.
As the only television series about nature in Maryland, and man's place
in it, Outdoors Maryland continues to deliver to Maryland Public
Television viewers the exquisite combination of award-winning nature videography
and outstanding writing.
The premier episode of the series' 14th season will be broadcast on Sunday,
November 4 at 7:30 p.m., traveling from the stony outcrops and streams
of Maryland's western frontier to the cordgrass and mosquitoes of the
Chesapeake. Segments include:
"Tying the Fly"
The philosophy of the fly fisherman: "Find the spot. Hit the mark.
Think like the fish. Walk home happy, no matter what." That's especially
true for three western Maryland men whose passion is fishing cold, clear
Maryland mountain streams that support brook
trout - the last-surviving and hard-to-find native species of brook trout
in Maryland.
"Mountain Rattle"
What kind of people purposely track, capture, and study rattlesnakes face
to face? Meet three men who climb rocky western Maryland mountain outcrops
to find and capture the infamous Timber Rattlesnake.
"The Shell Game"
The race is on between the famous Maryland Terrapin and encroaching waterfront
development. The Terrapin - Maryland's state reptile and a famous symbol
of the days of gracious living on the Chesapeake Bay, may not be as plentiful
as once thought - thanks to waterfront development that is displacing
it. Now, researchers are dredging creeks and rivers and slogging through
muddy marshes to see how many Terrapin are left.
Outdoors Maryland is co-produced by Maryland Public Television
and Maryland's Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The series is produced
for MPT by Michael English. For more information on this and other MPT
on- and off-air programs, please visit mpt.org.
Maryland Public Television is a not-for-profit, state-licensed public
television station which serves the citizens and communities of Maryland
and beyond through a variety of broadcast and nonbroadcast activities.
MPT is a national leader in the production of broadcast programming for
public television. MPT's local/regional television credits include public
affairs, original performance, documentary, and entertainment programs
for the citizens of Maryland.
Beyond broadcast, MPT creates instructional videos, develops training,
and builds Internet sites that serve tens of thousands of students, teachers,
and child-care providers annually. MPT outreach activities, especially
relating to arts, culture, and history, take place in all areas of the
state to further fulfill MPT's mission to engage, enlighten, and entertain.
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