Sunday, December 10 from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.Register Here As thanks for your support, Fort Worth NPAT Members are invited to a Holiday Prairie Hike and Wine Tasting at Marker Cellars near Alvord, TX. Following a hike to an old cemetery on the LBJ Grasslands, the Vine Keeper himself, Mark Rogers, will lead us through a Read more…
Private Guided Tour: “Trespassers – James Prosek and the Texas Prairie” Saturday, January 13, 2:00pm – 4:00pm Free, but we appreciate donations to help NPAT achieve our prairie conservation and education mission. Register: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1082857 Connecticut artist, writer and naturalist James Prosek’s interest in prairies led him to the Texas Hill Country, LBJ National Read more…
by Michelle VillafrancaJanuary 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pmZoom presentation Join us for the first Zoom presentation of 2024 as Michelle Villafranca walks us through Fort Worth NPAT’s prairie adventures of 2023. Join Zoom RSVP for Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdu2rpjosEtCAnxrgu9SPO4l8mU4XzfZw
Register Now $30.00 Our next Prairie Seekers adventure will take place in southern Montague County, near the LBJ National Grasslands at the Thomsen Foundation, LLC. Our special guide will be Dr. Lisa Bellows, Foundation Director and retired Chair of the Science Division at North Central Texas College in Gainesville. From their website: “Thomsen Read more…
Monday, November 13 at 7pm on Zoom The City of Fort Worth has established an Open Space Conservation Program to help identify & protect the city’s most important natural areas for current residents & future generations. Combining GIS-based computer mapping & modeling with public input, the natural areas prioritization process Read more…
Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 9am – 1pm Rock Creek Ranch Park is a new 300 acre City of Fort Worth park that is not yet open to the public. Jeff Quayle, a field trip leader for the Fort Worth chapter of Native Prairies Association of Texas will lead a Read more…
October 22, 2023 @ 10:00 am – Noon5201 Bowman Springs RoadArlington, Texas Register Here Hike through Eastern Cross Timbers woodlands, pocket prairies & discover aquatic species in the woodland pond. This 59-acre preserve is in the heart of Arlington, but you may forget that when you hike further into this remnant Eastern Cross Timbers Read more…
Saturday, September 30, 2023Buescher State Park in Smithville, Texas Join us to meet other NPAT members from the various state chapters across Texas. Register here.https://texasprairie.org/tickets/
Register for their Zoom presentation. Monday, September 11, 2023 at 7pm The City of Fort Worth Park & Recreation Department teamed up with the Open Space Conservation Program to write a grant for restoration work at Tandy Hills Natural Area, Stratford Park and Broadcast Hill Open Space. The grant, funded Read more…
Register Here Camp Leroy Shuman, a campground for boys and girls, opened in 1920 and was closed in 2009. The property is owned by the City of Fort Worth and is accessible through permission. It is one of the first scout camps in Fort Worth. Today, the flagpole and the Read more…