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The prairie and the house at Deer Park Prairie have received considerable attention this year and the results are impressive!
Meet Clare Buckner and Aspen Huebner, our newest staff members. Clare (left) joined NPAT In August as the land manager. Her focus is restoration at the Dowell Ranch. Aspen (right) is our administrative assistant and Dowell Ranch steward.
Every month we celebrate “Our Prairie People” by featuring one or more of our many marvelous members. Rory Johnston and Virginia Doyle are featured this month!
We are so proud of all of our Lone Star Land Steward Award winners! Their contributions to prairie conservation and restoration are greatly appreciated.
Another prairie saved! The 427-acre Burleson Farm and Maruna Meadow are exceptional Blackland prairies owned by the Burleson family. The conservation of these iconic restored and remnant prairies in Bell County focuses on conservation of this rapidly disappearing native grassland.
Meet Suzanne Tuttle! She’s been an NPAT member since the 1990s and the recipient of our prairie preservationist award. She serves as the treasurer for the Fort Worth Chapter of NPAT and takes the lead in their Prairie Seekers program.
Our newest acquisition, the Elder Ranch, now known as Elder Prairie was donated to NPAT in April 2023 by the Houston Trust Company as the Trustee of the Charles Jago Elder Charitable Trust. The conservation easement is held by the Texas Land Conservancy.
NPAT and Della Barbato are collaborating with the Texas Master Naturalists Gulf Coast chapter to install another school pocket prairie at Lantrip Elementary School, an Environmental Science magnet school in Houston. Irmi Willcockson, President of the chapter, approached Della about setting up a student project in which the chapter members could serve.
The Fayette Prairie Chapter of NPAT has developed the Smaller Acreage Restoration Program designed to help their members with prairie restoration projects less than 25 acres.