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People for Prairies 2023
We invite you to an evening of great food, drink, music, and conversation this spring. This could be the start of something bigger. Read more »
DPP Education News Statewide Teaching the Prairie
Creating a School Pocket Prairie
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. Read more »
DPP Education News Teaching the Prairie
Girls in Science
Director of Education, Della Barbato led a Girls Summer Camp during the week of June 27. It was facilitated with NPAT partners from UHCL’s Environmental Institute of Houston. Ten high-school aged girls from Deer Park, Dickinson, Clear Creek and Houston attended the camp. .The camp sought to address this lack Read more…
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2020 Party for the Prairie: Photos and Report
From the HNPAT March Newsletter (subscribe to the monthly newsletter at http://eepurl.com/79rdz ): Native Prairie Association of Texas’ (NPAT’s) first Party for the Prairie, a luncheon on March 7, 2020 at Safari Texas Ranch to raise funds to sustain the Lawther – Deer Park Prairie Education Program, was a Texas-size Read more…
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Party for the Prairie to Benefit Deer Park Prairie Education Program
HOSTED BY NATIVE PRAIRIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS You are cordially invited to join us in honoring the conservation work of Susan and Peter Conaty at Party for the Prairie! Saturday March 7, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Safari Texas Ranch, Palm Pavilion 11627 FM 1464, Richmond, TX 77407 Read more…
DPP Education News Houston Chapter
Shell Funds Deer Park Prairie Education 2019/20
We are excited to announce that Shell has funded the following education programs: Thank you Shell Deer Park! Student Prairie Programs $ 10,000.00 Teacher Education Workshops $10,000.00 Adult Education Programs $ 5,000.00 Prairie Field Trips $ 15,000.00 Girls Summer Camp $ 15,000.00 We are still looking for funding for the Read more…
DPP Education News Houston Chapter
Teaching City-Slickers about Prairies through School Lessons, Pocket Prairies, Storytelling and Technology
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS North American Prairie Conference June 5 – Della Barbato, Director of Education, co-facilitated an education workshop at the NAPC with Jaime Gonzales titled Prairie 101 – Teaching City-Slickers about Prairies through School Lessons, Pocket Prairies, Storytelling and Technology. I asked Rhonda Burrow from Katy High School to discuss Read more…
DPP Education News Houston Chapter
2019 Prairie 201 Teacher Workshop July 18!
2019 Prairie 201 Teacher Workshop
DPP Education News Houston Chapter
DPP Education News
Check out a new section of this website. NPAT’s Education Director Della Barbato will be blogging up-to-date news of the Deer Park Prairie Education Program in our new DPP Education News section. This section can also be accessed by hovering over the top menu “Shell Funds DPP Education” tab. Then Read more…
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Prairie Art Contest
As part of the North American Prairie Conference, the Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT) with supported from Shell is sponsoring a Prairie Art Contest for students from grades 6-12. If interested, please contact della_bar[email protected]. Della is NPAT’s Education Director.