The Houston Parks and Recreation Department has five prairie restoration projects in city parks, with more to come in the future! In this presentation, Cassidy Kempf will share the process, challenges, and success stories of these projects. Each prairie has unique characteristics such as size, past land use, and site Read more…
The Coastal Prairie Conservancy & the Houston-Native Prairies Association of Texas are hosting their annual Seed Cleaning & Packing Pizza Party at the January 25, 2023 HNPAT monthly meeting. Learn how to clean wild collected prairie plant seeds for growing out. Come eat (Pizza is back this year!), make new friends and Read more…
Education is one of the most important allies to the almost-extinct Texas prairie ecosystem. This year Della led 7 teacher workshops that could reach over 22,000 students. Read more »
Checklists: Jason Singhurst, et. al., J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 12(2): 721 – 733. 2018, THE VASCULAR FLORA AND PLANT COMMUNITIES OF LAWTHER – DEER PARK PRAIRIE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. p. 727 contains “ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE FLORA OF LAWTHER – DEER PARK PRAIRIE PRESERVE“ Deer Park Prairie Flora Checklist updated Read more…
Compiled by Jason Singhurst, Ben Hutchins, and Walter C. Holmes More references: How to germinate and grow native milkweeds, especially Asclepias tuberos by Professor (retired) Malcolm Vidrine. (Scroll down to page 3). How to germinate and grow native milkweeds by Barbara Willy of Monarch Gateway. Thanks to Doris Heard for sending Read more…
Links Books and Publications (Curated by the Coastal Prairie Partnership) ECOSYSTEM-LEVEL BOOKS and RESOURCES PRAIRIE HISTORY BOOKS RESTORATION AND HOW-TO BOOKS BIODIVERSITY BOOKS AND RESOURCES Coastal Prairie Map A map for publicly accessible, K-12 & College, and Special Access Required Prairie sites in Texas and Louisiana. Map created and maintained by Read more…
The Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT) and its Houston Chapter (HNPAT) welcomes visitors to Deer Park Prairie! How to Visit At this time visitation is by appointment only or during our scheduled tours or workdays. We will be happy to accompany any group or anyone who wishes to visit. Read more…
Deer Park Prairie sunrise photo by Lisa Spangler. Hello and welcome to the new Houston Chapter Website! We’re so glad you’re here!
Blog by Kirsti Harms and Della Barbato The Houston Chapter – Native Prairies Association of Texas (HNPAT) will be presenting its 2021 Prairie Volunteer Award to Charles Barfield on Wednesday, December 8 (6:30 pm to 8:30 pm), at the annual Prairie Stampede , which will be in person this year Read more…
Rolling announcements for the September 22, 2021 meeting is at https://tinyurl.com/21SepHNPATmtg