Give to Prairies!
North Texas Giving Day 2021
THANK YOU to everyone who donated for North Texas Giving Day this month! These funds help support our prairie outreach and stewardship in North Texas. Read more »
Prairie News
Prairie News Fall 2021 Issue
In case you haven’t received our fall newsletter, you can download a pdf of it here. Check out the latest at NPAT and join us this fall! Read more »
In the Field NPAT Prairies
The Prairie Bird-a-thon
The results are in for our Second Annual Bird-a-thon! We hoped to top 2000 birds this year, and exceeded that goal by 58! The results are from counts at Kirchoff Prairie, Maddin Prairie, Daphne Prairie, Mary Talbot Prairie, Talbot Brothers Prairie and Lawther-Deer Park Prairie. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED! Read more »
Prairie News
Prairie News Spring Issue
You can download a pdf of our newsletter here. We are happy to announce our newest staff member, Carly Aulicky, the North Texas Outreach and Stewardship Director. We’ve got stories on prairie fires, monarchs and Chris Helzer’s Square Meter Photography Project, and more! Read more »
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 »
Northeast Texas
Ebel Grassland Ranch
n 2020, NPAT and Karl and Kelli Ebel closed on a conservation easement on 482 acres of native grassland in Hopkins County. The Ebel Grassland Ranch conserves a Silveus’ dropseed prairie while successfully operating a goat and cattle ranch. 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 »