 In 1950, he moved to Tucson, Arizona where he worked in radio and then television.In 1952, when the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum opened its doors, Hal Gras and his wife Natie attended its opening and, as a result Gras began hosting the museum's TV show, “Desert Trails” (renamed The Desert Speaks, when it moved to KUAT around 1990).The show first aired in 1953, and would run for 32 years, with Gras hosting 1,551 shows.