For Episode 2, we're sharing an interview Shannon Harris did with preservationist and champion of the Big Thicket National Preserve Maxine Johnston. The interview was conducted in the fall of 2019 for a feature on Lamar University's homecoming festivities and later aired on the Bayoulands radio documentary series in 2020. To learn more about the Big Thicket National Preserve, go to: https://www.nps.gov/bith/index.htm.
Bayoulands TALKS is produced in the studios of 91.3 KVLU Public Radio in Beaumont, Texas by Shannon Harris and Jason M. Miller. For more information and to stream KVLU online visit: kvlu.org.
You can listen to past episodes of the Bayoulands radio series at: https://www.lamar.edu/kvlu/programming/local-programs/bayoulands.html.
Photo credit: Jason M. Miller
