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. Read more »
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. Read more »
NPAT is happy and honored that another of our prairie landowners has received the Lone Star Land Steward Award in recognition of the conservation work they have done. Congratulations to Gary and Dianna Kocurek! Read more »
Native Plants and Prairies Day on May 6, is a fun free event for families to celebrate our Blackland prairies here in North Texas. Read more »
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 »
Saturday, May 6, 2023 REGISTER We will explore examples of a Western Cross Timbers Post Oak/Blackjack woodland with scattered Fort Worth Prairie openings. The topography is mostly flat, with moderate sandy slopes leading out to the west from the woods. Here’s a small sample of the flora we may encounter: Read more…
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 »
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. Read more »
A trip report by Lisa Spangler, photos taken November 15, 2022 I always look forward to visiting Maddin Prairie as it’s never the same place twice. This visit was an extra special treat as it was only 26 F and the gramas were glittering with frost. I couldn’t stop taking Read more…
NPAT Education Director Della Barbato organizes regular school field trips to our marvelous Deer Park Prairie. When the bus from Houston’s Sam Rayburn High School pulled up last fall, teacher Cheri Crawford’s students stepped off and glanced around. Many of them looked bored. Others seemed apprehensive. What is this place? Read more…