In the Field
Groundhog Day at Alligator Prairie
Winter is one of the main seasons for prairie burns. I got the opportunity to spend the day at the demonstration burn on Nancy Webber’s Alligator Prairie. Read more »
Prairie News
Prairie News Fall Issue
You can download a pdf of our newsletter here. Check out our newest conservation easement with the Ebel Grassland Ranch, the North Texas Outreach and Stewardship Director, Amy Martin’s article on pocket prairies, and more! Read more »
Events
NPAT Member Meeting
Thanks to everyone who attended: the in-person and the virtual meetings. This was a first for us in this unusual year. The presentations were videotaped and can be viewed here. Read more »
Life on the Prairie Teaching the Prairie
Native Bees of Texas
To begin this Life on the Prairie blog series, I’m starting small: with native bees. Bees are some of the most important pollinators on prairies, and native prairie flowers are an important food source for bees. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship. Read more »
In the Field Maddin Prairie
A Maddin Summer
Kirsti Harms made one of her regular visits to Maddin Prairie. Even in the heat of summer there is something to see there. Read more »
In the Field Teaching the Prairie
It’s Time for Moth Week!
In July it’s time for National Moth Week, a worldwide Citizen Science event, held during the last full week of July. This is a chance for everyone to contribute observations about our moths! Read more »
In the Field Teaching the Prairie
The Wonder of Insects
On Texas prairies we are buggy for bugs! And Della Barbato is getting kids involved with nature. Learn why insects are interesting and important to life on Earth. Read more »
In the Field NPAT Prairies
A Prairie Bird-a-thon
Pat Merkord initiated NPAT’s first Prairie Bird-a-thon. She took pledges toward the total number of birds counted. From May 28 to June 5, Pat traveled around the state to six of our conservation properties and conducted breeding bird surveys. Thanks to everyone who pledged! Read more »
In the Field Teaching the Prairie
Ode to the Prairie
Matt Buckingham ponders what prairies might have been like before American expansion. His journey through Texas prairies features many fabulous photos of wildflowers. Read more »
Northeast Texas NPAT Prairies
Talbot Brothers Prairie and Bottomland Forest
This 366-acre property in Bowie County owned by NPAT, has bottomland forest and one of the last examples of unplowed, native prairie in Northeast Texas. Read more »